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Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show

Published Saturday, July 11, 2020

A newly discovered comet is streaking past Earth, providing a stunning nighttime show after buzzing the sun and expanding its tail.

Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone’s prison sentence

Published Saturday, July 11, 2020

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone, intervening in extraordinary fashion in a criminal case that was central to the Russia investigation and that concerned the president’s own conduct.

Feds seek to keep guns seized after West Texas mass shooting

Published Thursday, July 9, 2020

Prosecutors are seeking to keep dozens of guns and firearm accessories seized from a man whose home was searched last year following a mass shooting in West Texas that left more than 20 people injured and seven dead.

McConnell eyes virus aid as evictions, benefits cuts loom

Published Thursday, July 9, 2020

An eviction moratorium is lifting. Extra unemployment benefits are ending. Parents are being called to work, but schools are struggling to reopen for fall as the COVID-19 crisis shows no signs of easing.

Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

Published Thursday, July 9, 2020

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive.

Frederick Douglass statue vandalized in Rochester park

Published Tuesday, July 7, 2020

A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.

Trump’s leadership is tested in time of fear, pandemic

Published Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Not long after noon on Feb. 6, President Donald Trump strode into the elegant East Room of the White House. The night before, his impeachment trial had ended with acquittal in the Republican-controlled Senate. It was time to gloat and settle scores.

Austin City Limits music festival canceled as virus surges

Published Thursday, July 2, 2020

Austin City Limits has joined the ranks of major music festivals to be canceled because of the coronavirus.

Russian voters agree to extend Putin’s rule to 2036

Published Thursday, July 2, 2020

Russian voters approved changes to the constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to hold power until 2036.

Russian bounties further strain Trump’s bond with veterans

Published Thursday, July 2, 2020

They didn’t like it when then-candidate Donald Trump criticized John McCain for being captured in combat. They were angrier when Trump, as commander in chief, abandoned Kurdish allies in the Middle East.