The gunman who wounded a top Republican congressman and several others during an early morning baseball practice had apparently been living out of a white cargo van for months and was frequently seen working on a computer at a nearby YMCA, where he kept mostly to himself.
Man who shot congressman was living in van, called a loner
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Researcher finds Georgia voter records exposed on internet
A security researcher disclosed a gaping security hole at the outfit that manages Georgia's election technology, days before the state holds a closely watched congressional runoff vote on June 20.
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Blimp goes down at US Open
A blimp flying over the U.S. Open has gone down. The aircraft's operator says the pilot is alive.
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Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs caught after year on lam
Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs has been captured in South Dakota while apparently living out of his pickup truck after nearly a year on the run, authorities said Thursday.
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Judge to deadlocked Cosby jury: Keep trying to reach verdict
Jurors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial have told a judge they're deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004.
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THE DRIVE: DC police seek arrest of Turks; Aussie PM parodies Trump; shooting becoming political
Police in the U.S. capital issued arrest warrants for a dozen Turkish security agents accused of attacking protesters during a visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month, prompting an angry denunciation by Turkey's leader Thursday.
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Pence hires outside legal counsel
Vice President Mike Pence has hired outside legal counsel to oversee his response to investigations into possible collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
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Authorities say escaped Georgia inmates captured
Authorities say they have captured two escaped inmates wanted in the slayings of two Georgia prison guards.
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RISE: Trump to release Cuba policy; troops to Afghanistan; Scalise improving
Stopping short of a complete turnabout, President Donald Trump is expected Friday to announce a revised Cuba policy aimed at stopping the flow of U.S. cash to the country's military and security services while maintaining diplomatic relations and allowing U.S. airlines and cruise ships to continue service to the island.
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Russia unveils psychic cat ahead of Confederations Cup
Russia's famed Hermitage Museum has chosen one of its resident cats to predict the results of an upcoming international football tournament.
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Woman who sent texts urging suicide guilty of manslaughter
A woman who sent her boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself when they were both teenagers was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter.
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Looking Up: Find the starry Northern Crown
The next clear evening gaze upward in the southern sky to behold the Northern Crown.Otherwise known by its Latin name Corona Borealis, this constellation makes a pretty curve of seven stars, forming a semi-circle. Think if it as a capital letter “C”, laying on its side!To find the Northern Crown, let’s set the scene. Dominating the evening southern sky this June is the brilliant white planet Jupiter. To Jupiter’s lower left is a bright blue-white [...]
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Trump confirms he's under investigation
President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he was under investigation and appeared to challenge the credibility of a senior Justice Department official, in a tweet that seemed to encapsulate his frustration with the ongoing focus on Russia's involvement in the 2016 election.
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Paul Ryan visits Scalise following additional surgeries
House Speaker Paul Ryan paid a visit Friday to his critically injured colleague, GOP Whip Steve Scalise, who faces the prospect of a lengthy hospitalization after getting shot in the hip at a baseball practice by a deranged man with grudges against President Donald Trump and the GOP.
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Trump restores some Cuba penalties, rejecting 'oppressors'
President Donald Trump declared Friday he was restoring some travel and economic restrictions on Cuba that were lifted as part of the Obama administration's historic easing. He challenged the communist government of Raul Castro to negotiate a better deal for Cubans and Cuban-Americans.
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Minnesota officer acquitted in motorist shooting
Jeronimo Yanez was also cleared Friday of two lesser charges in the July traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb. Yanez shot Philando Castile five times just seconds after Castile informed him he was carrying a gun.
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Trump submits financial information detailing trust assets
President Donald Trump is outlining the financial health of the business assets he placed into a trust when he took office.
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Mistrial declared in Cosby case after jury deadlocks again
Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that nevertheless helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian's image as "America's Dad."
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Village of Union City received $100,000 donation from Boyntons
UNION CITY—The Village of Union City recently received a $100,000 donation from Ivan and Jan Boynton of Coldwater, to be placed toward the Village’s new Municipal Building located at 101 S. Broadway St.The Village has decided to name the building the “Ivan Boynton Municipal Offices, Union City, Michigan.”It will house the Union City Police Department, the Village Offices and the garage will be utilized for the Union City Department of Public Works [...]
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Sergeants union; county settle contract
COLDWATER — Branch County Commissioners, Tuesday, approved a new three year contract with the COAM union, representing Sheriff Department Sergeants through 2019 with over an 8 percent pay hike.Negotiations had started over a year ago but the group of seven officers had not come to a decision until last month. The last contract expired Dec. 31, 2015.The contract calls for pay hikes of 2.6 percent for the remainder of 2017. There is also a base increase of 3 percent for [...]
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