About 800,000 federal employees who went without paychecks during the government shutdown should almost all get their back pay by week’s end.
Author: John Bacon, USA TODAY
Dakota Theriot, suspect in 5 killings in Louisiana, arrested at gunpoint in Virginia
Authorities said the killings in two areas around Baton Rouge appeared to involve a domestic dispute.
‘Parkland Speaks’: Survivors of deadly school shooting wrote book out Tuesday
Survivors of last year’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, share essays, poems and photosin an emotion-filledbook released Tuesday.
Family of accused spy Paul Whelan ‘certain he was entrapped’ by Russians
A Russian judge refused to release American Paul Whelan on bail, ruling his arrest last monthin a Moscow hotel room on charges of spying was legal.
10 percent of TSA workers call in sick as government shutdown drags on
The slowly growing wave of sickouts among TSA workers reached 10 percentas the government shutdown entered its second month.
Oklahoma sorority sister booted after posting blackface video
An University ofOklahoma sorority said it has ousted a member who filmed a blackface video that outraged students across the school’s sprawling campus.
Two feet of snow, -40 degrees possible as storm roars East
A blast of winter that dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest grew more angry as it roared east on Sunday.
Intensive care doctor gave 27 near-death patients ‘potentially fatal’ meds, hospital says
An intensive care doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked that lifesaving measures be stopped, an Ohio hospital sys…
Fierce winter storm slams East with ice, snow; more could be coming
A brutal winter storm that dumped up to 20 inches of snow in the Midwest last week roared east, slamming some areas with up to a half-inch of ice.
American teen accused of fighting for ISIS in Syria
An American teen was among eight Islamic State militants captured in Syria by U.S.-backed Kurds during a militaryoperation.