First on CNN: Mueller meets with Senate Russia investigators
CNN - Special counsel Robert Mueller met on Capitol Hill with the leaders of the Senate intelligence committee Wednesday afternoon, a long-awaited connection as lawmakers and federal investigators plot...
View ArticleUS Interior chief 'comfortable' keeping Maine land public
AP - U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke praised the beauty of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on Wednesday and said he's "comfortable" with the National Park Service property remaining...
View ArticleGoogle Drive will soon back up your entire computer
CNBC - Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to monitor and backup files inside of any...
View ArticleUPS says worker shoots at least 4 people at San Francisco facility
AP - A UPS spokesman said he believed the employee turned the gun on himself.
View ArticleGOP offers 'compromise' state budget with familiar reforms
AP - CHICAGO ? Illinois Republicans have presented what they're calling a "compromise" budget and reform plan to end the state's nearly three-year budget impasse. It was a familiar refrain Wednesday...
View ArticleMassachusetts community mourns student killed in crash
AP - ADAMS, Mass. ? A close knit community in Massachusetts is mourning a high school student who died in a car crash. The Berkshire Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/2sab1lW ) 17-year-old Khaliq Sherman,...
View ArticleGunman in congressional shooting had rap sheet
AP - The Illinois man who shot a top Republican congressman and several other people Wednesday while they practiced baseball outside the nation's?
View ArticleLawyer for Silver City district attorney rebuts charges
AP - SILVER CITY, N.M. ? Silver City District Attorney Francesca Estevez's lawyer says the criminal charges filed against his client are "a shameful political attack" and are in retaliation for the...
View ArticleKids tossed from windows to escape deadly London high-rise blaze
AP - Â LONDON (AP) ? A fast-moving overnight fire engulfed a 24-story apartment tower in London on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 74 others, police said. Desperately trying to avoid...
View ArticleRhode Island nears end of state budget negotiations
AP - A revised budget plan is scheduled to be introduced Thursday in the House Finance Committee. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has been negotiating with Gov. Gina Raimondo and state Senate...
View ArticleFormer Alabama chief justice Sue Cobb to run for governor
AP - In a state that has seen a series of scandals hit GOP officeholders at the top of all three branches of government, Cobb said she believes voters are looking for honesty, both ethically and when...
View ArticleAtlantic City casino revenue up 4.3 percent in May
AP - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ? Atlantic City's casinos saw their gambling revenue increase in May by 4.3 percent compared with a year ago, to more than $229 million. [...] if the shuttered Trump Taj...
View ArticleBill Cosby does 'Fat Albert' tagline as he leaves court
CNN - Jurors in Bill Cosby's assault trial began their third day of deliberations on Wednesday in a case closely watched by the public as well as the dozens of women who have accused Cosby of similar...
View ArticleDeSantis says he spoke with gunman
Washington Post - Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said a man asked him if congressmen on the baseball field were Republicans or Democrats before the shooting took place. He later said the man appeared to...
View ArticleThe surprise winners of the Tuesday GOP primary
Washington Post - Poll numbers, cash in the bank and endorsements aren't all they are cracked up to be.
View ArticleBillings man denies killing infant son
AP - BILLINGS, Mont. ? A 28-year-old Billings man has pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide in the death of his 7-month-old son last month. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2sbfqFr )...
View ArticleBernie Sanders 'sickened' after learning baseball practice shooter...
Washington Post - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he was "sickened" after learning that James T. Hodgkinson, accused of shooting Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and others on June 14, volunteered for his...
View ArticleLawmaker Steve Scalise injured in GOP baseball shooting; suspect James T....
Washington Post - Steve Scalise, the Republican whip in the House, was among those wounded. Police said one suspect was in custody.
View ArticleThe Latest: Confusion over gunmen after Somali explosion
AP - The Latest on a suicide attack outside a restaurant in Somalia's capital (all times local):
View ArticleUPDATE: Gunman from Illinois had 'a lot of ammo'
AP - ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ? A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several...
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