Southeast On 'High Alert' After Tornado Kills 3-Year-Old Girl, Mother
The weather service in Huntsville said that heavy rain of up to 2 inches and gusty winds will be the main hazards across north Alabama today. Some parts of Louisiana and MS got as much as 10 inches of rain, prompting emergency rescues in flooding neighborhoods.
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Legal rulings halt Arkansas 'assembly line' executions
Amid all this, Arkansas had scheduled a series of executions starting Monday that would include the first double executions since the one in Texas in 2000. Two pharmaceuticals companies have asked a federal court to block Arkansas from using their drugs for upcoming executions, claiming that doing so would violate contractual controls and create a public health risk, court documents showed.
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Clippers-Jazz playoff series is matchup of different styles
The Spurs finished with the second best record in the National Basketball Association but they went just 2-2 in four meetings with the Grizzlies.Coach Greg Popovich has adapted his team to the post Tim Duncan era as Kawhi Leonard has developed into a legitimate MVP candidate.
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US Treasury declines to label China a currency manipulator
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan (Taiwan OTC: 6549.TWO - news ) and Switzerland also were again included on Treasury's monitoring list. In a statement, the Treasury department said the findings and recommendations of the report are meant to combat "potentially unfair currency practices" and support the growth of free and fair trade.
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White House Claims to Provide Unprecedented Access After Concealing Visitor Logs
The White House under former President Barack Obama voluntarily released over 6 million records of White House visitors. According to Blanton, Obama's White House logs included nearly 6 million visitors, and there were no national security problems.
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Senate confirms Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court, will be sworn in Monday
It now appears that Gorsuch will join them: a press release from the Supreme Court's Public Information Office reports that Gorsuch will be sworn in on Monday in two separate ceremonies - a private ceremony at the court and a public ceremony at the White House.
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The Kansas special election was a test for party leadership. Everyone failed
Thompson opposed Kansas State Treasurer, (R) Ron Estes , for the Kansas 4th Congressional district. "Estes underperformed Trump's margin by 20.3 points", wrote FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver on Twitter . that it was a chance for the Democrats". A group that formed following Sanders candidacy, Our Revolution, supported Thompson during the campaign through social media and recruited volunteers to make phone calls on his behalf.
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Arkansas wants to kill inmates with drugs for the living
Judge Wendell Griffen issued his order after the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a stay that blocked the execution of Bruce Ward who was to be put to death on Monday, and Arkansas Online reports that the state Attorney General's office said it would seek to have Griffen's order overturned by Arkansas' high court.
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First Reports Coming Out of Afghanistan: MOAB Killed 100 ISIS Fighters
The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday.
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'Something to Hide'? Trump Will Keep White House Visitor Logs Secret
Earlier this week, some ethics and watchdog groups sued the administration to release its White House visitor records. The Obama administration voluntarily released more than 6 million records of visitor during its eight years in office.
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Man Accused of Writing 161-Page Trump Manifesto Arrested
The office said in a statement that tactical officers surrounded Jakubowski and arrested him around 6 a.m. Friday without incident. " Life can get back to normal ", said the sheriff's office, according to WMTV-TV . "We need to spill their blood!" the document reads, going on to say priests and churches control USA presidents and banks. He also made threats against religious institutions, officials say, causing places of worship and schools to increase their security during the search.
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Republican Wins Special Congressional Election in Kansas
Trump's selections for top administration jobs and a California Democratic appointment have created five openings in the U.S. House, where Republicans have a 237-193 edge. Furthermore, of the 48 seats in the U.S. Senate that Democrats now control, including the two independents who caucus with Democrats, only 10 of them are from states that Trump won in 2016.