Chris Watts Gets Life in Prison for Killing Daughters and Pregnant Wife
The judge called it “perhaps the most inhumane and vicious crime I have handled” as he sentenced Mr. Watts to five life sentences without the chance of parole.
Former Ohio Judge Who Beat His Wife Is Arrested in Her Stabbing Death
Lance Mason, a former judge in Cuyahoga County and a top Democratic state lawmaker, was taken into custody after his wife, Aisha Fraser Mason, a sixth-grade teacher, was found dead.
Democratic Senators Challenge Whitaker Appointment in Court
The lawsuit by Richard Blumenthal, Mazie K. Hirono and Sheldon Whitehouse is the latest effort to get President Trump’s designation of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general declared unlawful.
Did a Tax Increase Tucked Into Trump’s Tax Cut Come Back to Bite Republicans?
Republicans capped a popular deduction for state and local taxes to pay for the tax bill. That may have hurt some House Republicans in the midterms.
Aldyr Schlee, 83, Dies; Created Brazil Soccer Team’s Iconic Jersey
Mr. Schlee won a contest, though he was skeptical about the rules: The jersey design had to use the blue, green, white and yellow of Brazil’s flag.
Will Hurd Wins Re-election to Texas Congressional Seat
The two-term incumbent defeated his opponent, Gina Ortiz Jones, in one of the closest elections in Texas, called more than a week after Election Day.
Andrew Fitzgerald, Who Saved Men From a Storm-Sundered Ship, Dies at 87
He was the last surviving member of a four-man Coast Guard crew who braved monstrous seas off Cape Cod in 1952 to save 32 seamen clinging to half a tanker.
Stay or Go? For This Californian, That’s an Easy Choice
The long-fading myth of California as Eden has been scorched but John Branch, a California-based correspondent, remains a defender of his native state.
‘Like a Terror Movie’: How Climate Change Will Cause More Simultaneous Disasters
By the end of this century, some parts of the world could face as many as six climate-related crises at the same time, researchers have concluded.
Trump Says to ‘Look at Other Countries’ for How to Prevent Fires
President Trump visited Paradise, Calif., on Saturday to survey destruction from the worst fire in the state’s history. He blamed California’s forest management.
Brenda Snipes, Broward County’s Embattled Elections Chief, to Resign
Dr. Snipes said she had decided to resign her position, hours after the conclusion of a vote recount that exposed a series of failures in her office.
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