The Senate edged closer Thursday to a historic vote on a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax code that includes cuts for corporations, businesses and individuals, but would heap $1.4 trillion onto the national debt over 10 years.
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An illegal immigrant from Mexico was acquitted of murder and manslaughter by a San Francisco jury on Thursday in the fatal shooting of a woman that Donald Trump used as a rallying cry against “sanctuary cities” during his presidential campaign.
Rick Pitino has sued the University of Louisville Athletic Association for $38.7 million, saying it breached his contract by placing him on unpaid administrative leave without notice and firing him last month with no legally justified “cause.”
An earthquake has jolted the Mid-Atlantic region of the East Coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Amnesty International said Thursday the Syrian government has used internationally banned cluster munitions in attacks on a besieged rebel-held suburb of Damascus, accusing it of committing war crimes on “an epic scale.”
Pope Francis demanded Thursday that the international community take “decisive measures” to resolve the causes of the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, breaking his recent silence over what the United Nations has declared to be a textbook case of “ethnic cleansing.”
North Korea released dozens of photos Thursday of the Hwasong-15, a new intercontinental ballistic missile it claims can reach any target in the continental United States.
A Southern California man suspected of stealing a $300,000 Ferrari was arrested after asking for gas money, authorities said.
Here are your Thursday morning headlines.
The ALS Association says a man credited as one of the co-founders of the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” that swept social media in 2014 has died after a yearslong battle with the condition known as Lou Gerhig’s disease. Anthony Senerchia was 46.
Prince Harry’s bride-to-be Meghan Markle might be a princess after all.
After enduring almost two months of fear, a Tampa neighborhood tries to get back to normal after authorities announced the arrest of a suspected serial killer,
Matt Lauer apologized and said he was “soul searching” in a statement read out on NBC’s “Today” show a day after he was fired from his role as co-host of the popular morning show for what the network said was inappropriate sexual behavior.
Tony Hovater, the white nationalist and Nazi sympathizer featured in a controversial New York Times story, said he lost his job and would soon lose his home following a swift backlash over the article.
President Donald Trump initially responded on Twitter to British Prime Minister Theresa May’s criticism of his retweeting of inflammatory anti-Muslim videos from a fringe British political group by directing his message to the wrong Theresa May.
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