Jessica Chasmar

Dylan DeBoard, concealed carrier, awarded for saving Ohio police officer

An Ohio man with a concealed carry permit was presented an award this week for saving a Mount Vernon police officer who was being attacked by a suspect.

July 29, 2016

Wal-Mart employees charged with manslaughter in death of 64-year-old shoplifter

Police have charged three Florida Wal-Mart employees with manslaughter in the death of a 64-year-old suspected of shoplifting.

July 29, 2016

Alan Grayson: Four staffers quit Senate campaign amid domestic abuse allegations

Four staffers quit Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson's Senate campaign Wednesday amid allegations by his ex-wife that he physically abused her over a two-decade period.

July 28, 2016

Thomas Abrahamsen, San Francisco police officer, jailed for allegedly building, possessing AR-15

A San Francisco police officer is facing two felony gun charges for allegedly building and possessing a banned AR-15 rifle.

July 28, 2016

Iowa choir breaks out in song on plane carrying remains of fallen soldier

A now-viral video shows a group of high school students from the Iowa Ambassadors of Music singing "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as a uniformed Army private escorted the remains of a World War II soldier home to Houston.

July 27, 2016

Anthony Weiner: I’d leave retirement to beat Donald Trump Jr. ‘like a rented mule’

Former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner said he's willing to come out of retirement if Donald Trump Jr. were to enter the race for New York City mayor.

July 27, 2016

Paul Jones, Trump supporter, shot at Cleveland bar during heated political debate

A Donald Trump supporter is recovering from a gunshot wound after he said a man who disagreed with his political views opened fire on him inside a Cleveland bar Monday.

July 27, 2016

Soldiers gunned down outside South Carolina bar

Bond has been denied for a 25-year-old man accused of gunning down two soldiers who were reportedly trying to protect a woman outside a South Carolina bar.

July 27, 2016

Alan Grayson’s ex-wife Lolita alleges decades of domestic abuse

Rep. Alan Grayson's ex-wife has accused him of physically abusing her over a two-decade period, Politico reported Tuesday.

July 26, 2016

Chuck Norris: Clinton presidency would ‘destroy what is left of our republic’

Chuck Norris is encouraging voters of all stripes to rally behind Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, because a "no" vote for Mr. Trump is a vote for Hillary Clinton, and another Clinton presidency "will certainly dismantle or destroy what is left of our republic."

July 26, 2016

Hank Johnson apologizes for comparing West Bank settlements to ‘termites’

Rep. Hank Johnson admitted it was a "poor choice of words" to use a metaphor Monday that appeared to compare Jewish Israeli settlers in the disputed West Bank to "termites."

July 26, 2016

Roger Ailes out as Fox News CEO amid sexual-harassment claims

Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is leaving the cable news network following sexual harassment claims by former anchor Gretchen Carlson, the network confirmed Tuesday.

July 19, 2016

Megyn Kelly told Fox investigators that Roger Ailes sexually harassed her: Report

Fox News host Megyn Kelly has accused network CEO Roger Ailes of making unwanted sexual advances toward her about 10 years ago when she was a Fox correspondent, New York magazine reported Tuesday.

July 19, 2016

52 shot, 7 fatally in Chicago weekend violence

Seven people were killed and at least 52 were wounded by gunfire during another violent weekend in Chicago.

July 19, 2016

Phillip Banks, 19, shot dead at ‘Stop the Violence’ rally outside Cleveland

A teenager was killed and a 12-year-old boy hospitalized Sunday after gunmen opened fire during an impromptu anti-violence rally just outside Cleveland, police said.

July 19, 2016

Roger Ailes to be removed by Murdoch as Fox News CEO: report

Rupert Murdoch and his two sons have decided to remove Roger Ailes as CEO of Fox News following a sexual harassment lawsuit by former anchor Gretchen Carlson, New York Magazine reported Monday.

July 18, 2016

Ted Cruz to Obama after Nice attack: ‘Willful blindness is not a policy’

Sen. Ted Cruz issued a statement following Thursday terrorist attack in Nice, France, saying the Obama administration's "willful blindness" of radical Islam is putting the country at risk.

July 15, 2016

Orlando firefighters told to stop illegally feeding alligators two months before toddler’s death

Firefighters located less than a half mile from the Walt Disney World lagoon where an alligator killed 2-year-old Lane Graves were reportedly instructed just two months before the toddler's death to stop illegally feeding the dangerous reptiles.

July 14, 2016

Concealed carrier takes down AK-47-wielding robber at Dallas-area Waffle House

A suspected armed robber is on life support after he was shot several times by a concealed carrier at a Dallas-area Waffle House.

July 14, 2016

Log Cabin Republicans ‘mad as hell’ over GOP’s ‘most anti-LGBT’ platform

The Log Cabin Republicans are denouncing the party's staunchly socially conservative 2016 platform, calling it "the most anti-LGBT platform" in the GOP's 162-year history.

July 14, 2016