This year’s crop of Academy Award nominees, including Gary Oldman, Meryl Streep, Margot Robbie and Daniel Kaluuya, pose for the traditional “class photo” during the annual Oscar nominees’ luncheon in Beverly Hills. (Feb. 6)
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At least 6 vehicles involved in fatal Mo. crash
One man is dead after he changed lanes suddenly in front of a tractor-trailer on a suburban St. Louis highway, causing a fiery chain-reaction crash involving at least six vehicles. (Jan. 23)
Neighbor: Parents of chained kids ‘standoffish’
Allegations that a couple kept their 13 children, including some adults, captive in their California home has surprised their neighbors. Kimberly Milligan says she was told the family had a dozen kids, but she never saw that many children. (Jan. 16)
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Self-driving car helps monitor your health
Automotive seating manufacturer, Adient showed off its autonomous concept car at the auto show in Detroit. (Jan. 16)
Top Democrat accuses White House of ‘gag order’ on Bannon
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing President Donald Trump’s White House of placing a “gag order” on former chief strategist Steve Bannon, barring him from answering many questions as part of the panel’s investigation into Russian election interference. (Jan. 16)
Tillerson: Nuclear North Korea threat growing
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. seeks a diplomatic resolution in the nuclear standoff with North Korea, but he’s declining to comment on whether the White House is considering limited military action against Pyongyang. (Jan. 16)
Booker to Nielsen: Your silence is complicity
Sen. Cory Booker is criticizing the Homeland Security secretary for saying she can’t recall President Trump using vulgarity to describe African countries. And Sen. Lindsey Graham blames Trump’s staff for the president’s about-face on immigration. (Jan. 16)
Today in History for January 17th
Highlights of Today in History: Benjamin Franklin born; Soviet and Polish forces liberate Warsaw; Eisenhower farewell address; Japan earthquake; Al Capone is born;Muhammad Ali born.
Trump says he wants immigrants from ‘everywhere’
President Trump says he wants immigrants to come to the U.S. from “everywhere,” despite having said behind closed doors that he’d prefer more immigrants from places such as Norway and Asia rather than parts of Africa. (Jan. 16)
WH: Trump’s Take On Immigration ‘Colorblind’
WH Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Trump’s use of vulgarity when referring to immigrants from Haiti and African countries last week, calling his policy ‘colorblind’ because it stands for a merit-based immigration system. (Jan. 16)