WASHINGTON (CNN) — Secret Service and National Park Service officials are prepping for upgrades to the White House fence after several embarrassing security lapses in recent months. Authorities are preparing to add 7-inch steel spikes to the top of the fence to deter climbers. The actual installation work won’t begin until this summer, but officials…… Read more
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out swinging in defense of FIFA’s embattled president and against U.S. authorities who’ve gone after soccer’s powerful, polarizing governing body. The Kremlin posted Putin’s combative comments Thursday, a day after U.S. authorities announced the indictment against 14 soccer officials and sports marketing executives in a corruption investigation,…… Read more
CHICAGO (CNN) — It’s a racially charged photograph. In it, two former Chicago cops, both of them white, pose as if on a hunting trip. They’re down on one knee holding rifles. A black man is lying on the floor between them with antlers on his head. The message is clear: The officers are the…… Read more
7:05am UPDATE: All lanes are now reopened on the inner loop. 6:38am UPDATE: The right lane and shoulder are now open, and fire equipment has left the scene. Highway crews continue to clean up spilled fuel from the roadway. 6:30am UPDATE: The box truck has been uprighted, and the tractor-trailer has been removed from the…… Read more
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who mounted an unexpectedly strong bid for the Republican nomination in 2012, is making another bid for the White House. Santorum launched his campaign on Wednesday evening from a factory in the blue collar town of Cabot, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, with a starkly populist…… Read more
WASHINGTON — (CNN) The IRS believes that a major cyber breach that allowed criminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people originated in Russia, two sources briefed on the data theft tell CNN. On Tuesday, the Internal Revenue Service announced that organized crime syndicates used personal data obtained from elsewhere to access tax…… Read more
NEW YORK — (CNN) FIFA’s major corporate sponsors are worried. But none of them are yet backing out of any deals after corruption charges against the world’s premier soccer organization. One of its major sponsors, Coca-Cola, said in a statement that the “controversy has tarnished the mission and ideals of the FIFA World Cup.” The…… Read more
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Police allege Jerez Nehemiah Stone-Coleman, also known as Kidd Cole, made 11 phone calls reporting “bomb threats and/or hostage situations” that spurred responses from law enforcement, but ended up being hoaxes. He was arrested Wednesday morning at his home in the 1600 block of Fort Davis Place in Washington. A criminal complaint…… Read more
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Four lab workers in the United States and up to 22 overseas have been put in post-exposure treatment, a defense official said, following the revelation the U.S. military inadvertently shipped live anthrax samples in the past several days. CNN learned on Wednesday a Maryland-based lab received the live samples, which prompted an…… Read more
A Mississippi deputy who was attacked by three men is injured but alive after quick action by his K-9 officer.Deputy Todd Frazier was driving on a deserted road during hi…… Read more
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Secret Service and National Park Service officials are prepping for upgrades to the White House fence after several embarrassing security lapses in recent months. Authorities are preparing to add 7-inch steel spikes to the top of the fence to deter climbers. The actual installation work won’t begin until this summer, but officials…… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out swinging in defense of FIFA’s embattled president and against U.S. authorities who’ve gone after soccer’s powerful, polarizing governing body. The Kremlin posted Putin’s combative comments Thursday, a day after U.S. authorities announced the indictment against 14 soccer officials and sports marketing executives in a corruption investigation,…… Continue Reading
CHICAGO (CNN) — It’s a racially charged photograph. In it, two former Chicago cops, both of them white, pose as if on a hunting trip. They’re down on one knee holding rifles. A black man is lying on the floor between them with antlers on his head. The message is clear: The officers are the…… Continue Reading
7:05am UPDATE: All lanes are now reopened on the inner loop. 6:38am UPDATE: The right lane and shoulder are now open, and fire equipment has left the scene. Highway crews continue to clean up spilled fuel from the roadway. 6:30am UPDATE: The box truck has been uprighted, and the tractor-trailer has been removed from the…… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who mounted an unexpectedly strong bid for the Republican nomination in 2012, is making another bid for the White House. Santorum launched his campaign on Wednesday evening from a factory in the blue collar town of Cabot, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, with a starkly populist…… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — (CNN) The IRS believes that a major cyber breach that allowed criminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people originated in Russia, two sources briefed on the data theft tell CNN. On Tuesday, the Internal Revenue Service announced that organized crime syndicates used personal data obtained from elsewhere to access tax…… Continue Reading
NEW YORK — (CNN) FIFA’s major corporate sponsors are worried. But none of them are yet backing out of any deals after corruption charges against the world’s premier soccer organization. One of its major sponsors, Coca-Cola, said in a statement that the “controversy has tarnished the mission and ideals of the FIFA World Cup.” The…… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Police allege Jerez Nehemiah Stone-Coleman, also known as Kidd Cole, made 11 phone calls reporting “bomb threats and/or hostage situations” that spurred responses from law enforcement, but ended up being hoaxes. He was arrested Wednesday morning at his home in the 1600 block of Fort Davis Place in Washington. A criminal complaint…… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Four lab workers in the United States and up to 22 overseas have been put in post-exposure treatment, a defense official said, following the revelation the U.S. military inadvertently shipped live anthrax samples in the past several days. CNN learned on Wednesday a Maryland-based lab received the live samples, which prompted an…… Continue Reading
A Mississippi deputy who was attacked by three men is injured but alive after quick action by his K-9 officer.Deputy Todd Frazier was driving on a deserted road during hi…… Continue Reading