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    ABNER MIKVA, EX-CONGRESSMAN, JUDGE FROM ILLINOIS, DIES AT 90

    CHICAGO (AP) — Abner Mikva, a liberal stalwart from Illinois who served in all three branches of the federal government, mentored a young Barack Obama and famously learned firsthand the brazen nature of Chicago’s political machine, has...

    • Posted July 5, 2016
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  • FILE - In this June 16, 2016 file photo, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., left, accompanied by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats get their long-sought votes on gun control a week after the massacre in Orlando, Florida, but the prospects for any election-year changes in the nation’s laws are dim. The four votes on Monday, June 20, 2016, are the result of a deal after Murphy filibustered for almost 15 hours in response to the Orlando shooting. [AP]

    Senate likely to reject gun curbs, despite Orlando massacre

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight days after Orlando’s mass shooting horror intensified pressure on lawmakers to act, a divided Senate hurtled Monday toward an election-year showdown over curbing guns that seemed likely to produce a familiar result: gridlock....

    • Posted June 20, 2016
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    Obama embraces Orlando families, appeals for gun controls

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Embracing grieving Orlando families and appealing anew for national action, President Barack Obama claimed a threat to all Americans’ security Thursday as a strong reason to tighten U.S. gun laws. Counterterror campaigns overseas,...

    • Posted June 16, 2016
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    Massacre aftermath: Stress-counseling, huge investigation

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police offered stress counseling and debriefing Wednesday to the SWAT team and other officers who witnessed the nightclub carnage, as the FBI tried to reconstruct the killer’s movements and figure out what role...

    • Posted June 15, 2016
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    Orlando mourns its dead; gunman may have been ‘homegrown’

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando mourned the 49 people slaughtered in the attack on a gay nightclub, as the White House and the FBI portrayed the killer Monday as an apparent “homegrown extremist” who espoused support for...

    • Posted June 13, 2016
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    Gawker files for bankruptcy, to sell itself to Ziff Davis

    NEW YORK (AP) — Gawker Media is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and putting itself up for sale, strained by a jury’s verdict that that it must pay $140 million to pro wrestler Hulk Hogan in...

    • Posted June 10, 2016
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    Golf, more golf: nearly 50 hours of live TV for British Open

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Take the longest day in major championship golf and a network devoted exclusively to golf and the result is unprecedented coverage. NBC Sports and Golf Channel will combine to provide a...

    • Posted May 18, 2016
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