Victor Morton

DraftKings, FanDuel win court stay, can do business in New York

Daily fantasy sports can operate in New York for the foreseeable future. According to Darren Rovell of ESPN, DraftKings and FanDuel have received a permanent injunction against state officials' efforts to shut down their business.

January 11, 2016

Missing U.S. Hellfire missile located in Cuba

One of the most advanced U.S. missiles was unintentionally shipped to Cuba in 2014, according to a report Thursday evening in the Wall Street Journal.

January 7, 2016

Alan Grayson vows lawsuit contesting Ted Cruz candidacy on U.S. citizenship grounds

A Democratic member of the U.S. House vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit challenging Sen. Ted Cruz's Constitutional eligibility to become president.

January 7, 2016

Brian Encinia, Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland, indicted on perjury charges

The Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland, the black woman who committed suicide in her jail cell a few days later, has been indicted on perjury charges related to the case.

January 6, 2016

North Korea ‘artificial earthquake’ may signal nuclear test

North Korea announced early Wednesday that it had conducted a hydrogen-bomb test, making the surprise proclamation just hours after an earthquake was detected in North Korea by multiple international seismic organizations.

January 5, 2016

Carly Fiorina says Rose Bowl tweet ‘tongue-in-cheek,’ calls flap silly

Businesswoman Carly Fiorina pooh-poohed the media flap over her Rose Bowl tweeting Sunday, telling CNN that the coverage meant "it was a slow news day for the media."

January 3, 2016

Andrew Cuomo orders statewide shelters to take in homeless during cold

In the latest political spat between the two top Democrats in New York state's local politics, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered cities statewide to take homeless people indoors when the temperature drops below freezing.

January 3, 2016

Earthquake strikes near India-Myanmar border

A powerful earthquake hit Northeastern India, near the country's border with Myanmar early Monday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 100 people.

January 3, 2016

Wayne Rogers, ‘Trapper John’ McIntyre on M*A*S*H, dies at 82

The actor who played Trapper John on the popular 1970s TV sitcom "M*A*S*H" has died. Wayne Rogers was 82.

December 31, 2015

Hillary Clinton advised to consider resigning as secretary of state after Obama’s Russia comments

A key Hillary Clinton adviser told her that she may have to consider resigning as secretary of state after President Obama was caught telling Russia's president off-mic early in 2012 that he could make more concessions on missile defense after November's U.S. elections.

December 31, 2015

Obama administration delays decision on Iran ballistic missile program sanctions

The White House has delayed a decision on whether to impose sanctions on Iranian individuals and companies over Tehran's ballistic-missile program.

December 31, 2015

Munich police warn of ‘imminent threat’ of terror attack, evacuate train stations

Authorities in Germany warned that Islamic State backed terrorists were planning a rerun of the Paris attacks at the New Year's Eve celebrations in Munich.

December 31, 2015

Obama administration preparing sanctions over Iran ballistic missile program

The U.S. is preparing sanctions against Iranian companies and individuals over Tehran's ballistic missile program, an act that the Islamic Republic has said would violate the recently signed nuclear deal.

December 30, 2015

Utah bid to block Planned Parenthood funding prevented by appeals court injunction

Planned Parenthood can start taking Utah's state money, as a federal appeals court granted an injunction Wednesday against the governor's effort to defund the abortion provider.

December 30, 2015

Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago police plan emphasizes Tasers, de-escalation

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced several changes in the training and equipping of the city's police, responding to a torrent of criticism about police brutality.

December 29, 2015

Obama had NSA spy on Israel during Iran nuclear deal negotiations

President Obama vowed in 2013 to cut back on spying on U.S. allies. But in the interests of negotiating his Iran nuclear deal, according to the Wall Street Journal, he made an exception in the case of Israel and thereby also caught communications of U.S. Congress members in that dragnet.

December 29, 2015

Iran conducts live-fire exercise near U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S Truman

In what the U.S. military called an "unnecessarily provocative" move, the Iranian Navy reportedly sent a ship less than a mile from a U.S. aircraft carrier and began conducting a live-fire exercise using unguided rockets.

December 29, 2015

Ethan Couch, ‘affluenza’ teen, reportedly in custody

Ethan Couch, the 'affluenza' teenager given probation for a DUI accident that killed four people, is reportedly in custody after having fled with his mother to Mexico.

December 28, 2015

Lemmy Kilmister, singer of Motorhead, dies at 70

Lemmy Kilmister, the lead singer of the heavy metal band Motorhead, died of a recently discovered cancer on Monday, according to an announcement on his band's Facebook page. He was 70.

December 28, 2015

Tamir Rice officers not charged in fatal shooting

Calling the Tamir Rice shooting "a perfect storm of human error," a prosecutor announced Monday that a grand jury had declined to indict two Cleveland police officers in the shooting death of the 12-year-old boy who was playing with a pellet gun in a park.

December 28, 2015