Derrick Shaw

WASHINGTON (AP) – A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place fired an assault rifle inside the Washington, D.C., restaurant on Sunday injuring no one, police and news reports said. Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita (ah-KWEE’-tah) Brown said police received […]

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Two people died in a crash at 2:30 a.m. Monday near the intersection of U.S. Route 41 and Harbor Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Wesley Chery, 21, of Port Charlotte, and Brittany Beni, 21, of Port Charlotte, were both killed. Chery was not wearing a seat belt at the […]

NEW YORK (AP) – As President-elect Donald Trump stood onstage during the debut night of his “thank you” tour and teased that he was about to announce a surprise Cabinet pick, some in the Ohio crowd bellowed: “No Romney! No Romney!” Trump’s administration selections have largely been cheered by close allies and supporters. Many have […]

DENTON, Texas (CNN) — Pablo the pit bull was naughty, but he was smart enough to know how to fix the problem. The dog has earned widespread online fame for using toilet paper to clean up a puddle of its own urine, to his owner’s delight.

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) – More snow is expected to fall on Hawaii mountaintops as a winter storm warning goes into effect through Monday morning. Hawaii News Now reports up to a foot more of snow could fall. A previous warning was lifted Saturday for a storm system that also brought frozen precipitation to higher […]

CHENGDU, China (CNN) — More than 20,000 people were stranded at an airport in Chengdu, China, as flights were grounded by heavy smog and fog, Chinese state-run media reported Sunday. Multiple flights to and from the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in central China were canceled or delayed, while many were forced to land at other […]

ATLANTA (AP) – When U.S. Forest Ranger Jody Bandy confronted the man in the Pisgah National Forest, he said he’d been at the nearby wildfire and “couldn’t take it anymore.” Then he ran from the officer, tumbling head-over-head down the mountainside, into the river below and slamming into boulders in the water, Bandy said in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose heavy taxes on U.S. companies that move jobs overseas and still try to sell their products to Americans. But the plan could drive up prices for U.S. businesses and consumers and risk setting off a trade war – if it’s legal to begin with. In […]

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, who argued the project would threaten a water source and cultural sites. North Dakota’s leaders […]

SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Two men ran away from Lee County Sheriff’s deputies after hopping out of a black Mercedes that crashed into the flyover at Summerlin Road and College Parkway on Sunday afternoon. The car had been stolen, a 911 dispatcher said. Guy Schell, the husband of the owner, left the car running with […]