Two Chicago police officers were killed Monday after being struck by a metro train, authorities said. Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo were responding to a shots fired call on the city’s South Side when a passing train hit them, Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters. The officers were searching an area near train tracks…… MORE
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Monday that it was “gratifying” to read two Senate Intelligence Committee reports on the scope of Russian misinformation campaigns, because they reiterated the intelligence community’s 2017 findings. The two reports, both commissioned by the committee, were based on troves of data — much of it not disclosed…… MORE
A Denver-based US appeals court that is handling misconduct complaints against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is nearing resolution of the closely watched controversy. Officials at the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals put a notice on its website Monday afternoon announcing orders related to the complaints, as well as an order from Chief…… MORE
He may be an imperfect messenger, but James Comey’s warning is still chilling. The former FBI chief is calling out what he sees as an increasingly obvious and disturbing trend: The President of the United States, far from upholding the rule of law, frequently seeks to shape it for personal and political gain. In just…… MORE
Top congressional Republicans were quick to argue that a federal court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional won’t affect the immediate future for health care consumers and the legal battle will take a long time to play out. The comments from GOP leadership come, however, as some rank-and-file GOP lawmakers say that the…… MORE
California and other states defending the Affordable Care Act on Monday asked the federal judge who struck down the law last week to issue a new order making clear that the landmark health care reform remains in effect while appeals play out. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who has vowed to appeal the ruling, also…… MORE
Special counsel Robert Mueller has released a January 2017 FBI memo detailing the interview by agent Peter Strzok and another FBI agent with President Donald Trump’s then-national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Read the memo below: Click here to read full story »… MORE
Rocking out at a concert, Kari Carberry didn’t miss a beat as she signed the lyrics of the songs for her deaf dad in Canada last week. This father-daughter duo bonded over their love for the rock group Three Days Grace, and at the concert in Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday they quickly went viral with…… MORE
Special counsel Robert Mueller has released a January 2017 FBI memo detailing the interview by agent Peter Strzok and another FBI agent with President Donald Trump’s then-national security adviser, Michael Flynn. In the interview described in the memo, Flynn lied about his contact with then-Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. The memo outlines…… MORE
Officials confirm to News4 that a woman who was shot and killed in a domestic-related murder-suicide was a Davidson County corrections officer. Lawanda Steele-Williams, 53, was a six-year employee of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. According to investigators, Kirk Williams, 49, shot Lawanda in the kitchen of their home on the 700 block of Rocky…… MORE
