WASHINGTON — After weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a task force to study the United States Postal System. In the surprise move, Trump said that USPS is on “an unsustainable financial path” and “must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout.” The task […]
VANCOUVER — A woman whose son fatally overdosed after becoming addicted to the painkiller OxyContin is backing a New Democrat member of Parliament’s calls for the federal government to launch a criminal investigation of opioid manufacturers. Helen Jennens said families that have lost loved ones to an ongoing epidemic want accountability for the actions of […]
Trading Snarl for Smile, Pompeo Makes Case to Lead State Dept. New York Times US Military Killed ‘A Couple Hundred’ Russians In Syria Airstrikes, Pompeo Says As Trump Considers New Attack Newsweek Pompeo asks Clinton for...
Yarmouth police officer fatally shot in Barnstable while serving warrant The Boston Globe Yarmouth Police: K-9 Officer Sean Gannon killed in line of duty Boston Herald Police identify Yarmouth police officer shot, killed WCVB Boston Full coverage...
CINCINNATI — Authorities pledged on Thursday to find out what went wrong in the death of a 16-year-old boy they say became trapped by a minivan bench seat in a school parking lot and whose body was found about six hours after he first called 911. Police Chief Eliot Isaac said something went “terribly wrong” […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed an “online brothel” pleaded guilty to California money-laundering charges Thursday, while the company itself pleaded guilty to human trafficking in Texas. Carl Ferrer will co-operate in prosecuting Backpage.com’s creators and will serve no more than five years in state prison under a […]
Oklahoma Teachers Declare End to Nine-Day Strike Wall Street Journal The Latest: 2 Largest School Districts to Stay Closed Friday U.S. News & World Report Oklahoma teachers end nearly two-week walkout that shut schools Reuters Head of...
Ryan Tries to Ensure Orderly Succession, but Unrest Simmers New York Times How red and pink Starburst might make Kevin McCarthy the next House speaker CNN Ryan slams suggestions he step down as speaker early Politico Kevin...
Mexico Pushes to Finish Trade Deal With EU This Month Bloomberg Mexican cartel leader sentenced to 43 years in US prison New York Post Community police step in to curb poppy cultivation in Mexico Los Angeles Times...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Latest on the guilty plea by the CEO of the website Backpage.com (all times local): 4:30 A co-founder of the advertising site Backpage.com will remain jailed through the weekend in Arizona on charges of facilitating prostitution. James Larkin underwent a hearing Thursday over whether to release him from jail. Magistrate Judge […]