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Sigma Pi fraternity members charged in Ohio University freshman's death

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Nov. 20,2019 2:08 p.m.

Some of the charges include involuntary manslaughter and hazing.

Penn State will soon release a report on greek life across 55 college campuses.

Penn State soon to unveil national report on Greek life, 55 colleges included

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Nov. 18,2019 3:38 p.m.

But many schools will be absent from the list.

National Security Council's Russia and Europe director Timothy Morrison is escorted Oct. 31 to a closed-door deposition in Washington, D.C.

White House budget official defies Trump to tell impeachment inquiry about $400 million in suspended Ukraine aid

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 17,2019 4:40 p.m.

A White House budget official defied President Donald Trump and testified Saturday in the House impeachment inquiry.

Saugus High School 10th grader Ella Cabigting is hugged by her father, Emerson, Nov. 14 as they are reunited in Central Park after being evacuated from Saugus High School. A gunman opened fire in the high school in Santa Clarita, California.

Detectives probe how teen got gun as California community mourns

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 17,2019 2:45 p.m.

The teenager who opened fire on his classmates before shooting himself died Friday night at a hospital, authorities said.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent, left, and William B. Taylor, right, swear in to the House Intelligence Committee's first public inquiry into the interaction between President Donald Trump and the government of Ukraine on Nov. 13 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

New impeachment evidence more directly links Trump to effort to pressure Ukraine

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 14,2019 9:08 p.m.

Two U.S. diplomats testified Wednesday as part of the House's public impeachment hearings.

The mobile home of Richard Lohmann, a resident of 20 years, sits next to vacant lots of burned out homes Oct. 29 at Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park in Agoura Hills, California. Roughly half of the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park was destroyed by the Woolsey fire last year, leaving more than one hundred families homeless.

Half their community burned in the Woolsey fire. Recovery is wreaking its own misery.

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Nov. 11,2019 6:12 p.m.

A year after the Nov. 8, 2018, fire, Seminole Springs is still nowhere close to funding its rebuild, residents said.

President Donald Trump listens to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Cabinet Meeting on Oct. 2 in Washington, D.C.

State Department freed Ukraine money before Trump says he did

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 10,2019 3:36 p.m.

Bolton's handling of the funding struck officials in the White House as violating protocol.

The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette from Boyertown, Pennsylvania, as it transits across the face of the sun May 9, 2016.

Mercury will pass in front of the sun on Monday

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 10,2019 3:28 p.m.

That last happened in 2012.

United States diplomat to Ukraine, William Taylor, arrived at the Capitol on Oct. 22 in Washington, D.C. Taylor's testimony comes as a growing number of Republicans in Congress struggle to defend the president's actions over Ukraine and Syria.

Top Ukraine diplomat Taylor threatened to quit over Trump demand, transcript shows

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 7,2019 10:51 p.m.

House Democrats released a transcript of Taylor's closed-door deposition Wednesday.

President Donald Trump arrives Nov. 6 to deliver remarks on Federal Judicial Confirmation Milestones in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Trump organized the event to celebrate the confirmation of more than 150 Federal judges.

Poll: 1 in 4 Americans undecided about impeachment

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 7,2019 10:35 p.m.

The USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll also asked participants about the 2020 election.

David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs, arrives Nov. 6 at the U.S. Capitol before giving a deposition to the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors in Washington, D.C. Hale testified to the committee as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

Third-highest ranking State Department official testifying

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Nov. 6,2019 4:27 p.m.

The panel expects to unseal two more deposition transcripts Wednesday, though it has not indicated whose.

Harvard University's campus is seen from above in 2013. The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda wrote a letter to the university's president asking the university to make amends for Antiguan slave labor contributions to the creation of Harvard Law School.

Antigua reminds Harvard that slave labor paid for its law school. It wants reparations.

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Nov. 6,2019 2:40 p.m.

A slaveholder left Harvard the land that led to the creation of its law school.

Army Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives at a closed session before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees on Oct. 29 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Who's who: The Americans at the center of the Trump-Ukraine uproar

By Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Nov. 5,2019 5:52 p.m.

The list of key players can be daunting, so here's a guide.

Visitors crowd Tunnel View overlooking Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park. The Trump administration is mulling proposals to privatize national park campgrounds and further commercialize the parks with expanded Wi-Fi service, food trucks and even Amazon deliveries at tourist camp sites.

Trump team has a plan for national parks: Amazon, food trucks and no senior discounts

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Nov. 4,2019 3:39 p.m.

The Trump administration is mulling proposals to privatize national park campgrounds and further commercialize the parks.

Orange County resident Lauren Williams stands with her family Oct. 26 as a Pete Buttigieg supporter. Her husband, Lamont, leans toward former Vice President Joe Biden, but wore a "Pete 2020" for his wife.

Buttigieg struggles for black support

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 3,2019 3:01 p.m.

Surveys show Buttigieg's support among black voters in the low single digits and his approval rating.

A Miami insurance company advertises Feb. 5, 2015, that people can apply for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Affordable Care Act premiums stable for 2020 — but still pricey

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Nov. 3,2019 3 p.m.

The Affordable Care Act marketplaces in most states opened Friday.

Ford reaches deal with United Auto Workers on new pact, averting a strike

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Oct. 31,2019 2:51 p.m.

The UAW recently ended a 40-day strike against GM.

Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted Wednesday that the platform will ban all political ads.

Twitter bans all political ads, in sharp contrast to Facebook

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Oct. 31,2019 2:50 p.m.

Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced the change Wednesday.

University of Connecticut president Thomas Katsouleas stands with students demonstrating at UConn on Oct. 21. The protest was in response to a recent video showing white students in the Charter Oak apartments parking lot using racial slurs and laughing about it as they walked past black students' apartments.

ACLU says 2 UConn students' racist slur is offensive but not criminal. Police disagree.

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Oct. 30,2019 3:23 p.m.

Civil liberties groups are raising constitutional questions about the arrest of two University of Connecticut students.

Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C. at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 14, 2014, in Washington, D.C.

A tick bite led to former senator's death. Here's what is known about the virus

By Jenn Lantrip · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2019 4:51 p.m.

There were 21 cases of the disease reported in 2018.

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