Author: Jessica Gresko
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DC court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from proceeding with plans to exclude transgender people from military service. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the transgender service members who had sued over Trump’s policy were likely to win their lawsuit. She directed a return to the situation that existed…
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Justice Ginsburg surprise speaker at Jewish New Year service
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause as she is introduced by William Treanor, Dean and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University Law Center, at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Carolyn Kaster U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause…
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Trump travel ban blocked; fight headed for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban “speaks with vague words of national security, but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination,” a federal appeals court said Thursday in ruling against the executive order targeting six Muslim-majority countries. Trump’s administration vowed to take the fight to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a…
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Police: Fake news story led gunman to popular D.C. pizzeria
WASHINGTON — The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and pizza parties. It morphed into fake online news stories about a child sex trafficking ring operating out of a popular Washington, D.C., pizza joint. On Sunday, it culminated in violence when police say a North Carolina man fired a rifle inside…
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Military base says active shooter drill was planned
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Officials say reports of an active shooter at a military post outside Washington stemmed from someone who made a distress call Thursday after seeing security forces doing a routine inspection. The confusion was heightened by a planned active shooter drill at Joint Base Andrews that had not yet begun and…
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For Food Network addicts, new book hits the spot
In the early days of the Food Network, chefs taped shows in kitchens where sinks emptied into buckets that had to be carted out between takes. One chef’s original set had no oven, so he improvised by lowering the dish out of view, then stamping his foot to imitate the sound of an oven door…
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U.S. storms kill 12, cause wide power outages
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least 12 people and knocking out power to millions of people on a day that temperatures across the region are expected to reach…
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U.S. storms kill 12, cause wide power outages
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least 12 people and knocking out power to millions of people on a day that temperatures across the region are expected to reach triple digits. The Mid-Atlantic region had already been experiencing 100-degree temperatures before Friday evening’s violent storms. More than 3 million…
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Lawsuits slam ‘natural’ claims from OJ to chips
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orange juice maker Tropicana markets its brand as fresh from the grove, but a series of lawsuits nationwide claim the company’s juice is so heavily processed it shouldn’t be called “natural.” In approximately 20 lawsuits, the first one filed in New Jersey, lawyers claim the company adds chemically engineered “flavor packs” to…
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Lawsuits slam ‘natural’ claims from OJ to chips
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orange juice maker Tropicana markets its brand as fresh from the grove, but a series of lawsuits nationwide claim the company’s juice is so heavily processed it shouldn’t be called “natural.” In approximately 20 lawsuits, the first one filed in New Jersey, lawyers claim the company adds chemically engineered “flavor packs” to…