The president spoke from the White House in an effort to tamp down criticism from Democrats and some Republicans that he had not been forceful enough in his comments Saturday. He also announced a Justice Department civil rights probe into the killing of a counterprotester.
James Alex Fields allegedly threatened or assaulted his wheelchair-bound mother so violently as a young teenager that she called police on him in 2010 and 2011, records show.
Kenneth Frazier, one of the few African American executives in the Fortune 500, said he felt "a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism." Within an hour of the Merck statement being issued, President Trump mockingly tweeted about Frazier.
How could this happen in America, in 2017? Amid our modern clashes, researchers in psychology, sociology and neurology have been studying the roots of racism. We draw on that research and asked two scientists to explain why we feel and act this way toward each other.
The former Arizona sheriff has long been a Trump supporter. He was convicted last month of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge's order to stop detaining people because he merely suspected them of being undocumented immigrants.
Jerry Drake Varnell tried to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb Friday night outside an Oklahoma City bank, according to the FBI, which had been investigating him for months.
Around 14 million people abandoned their homes as colonial British administrators began dismantling their empire in southern Asia. Between 200,000 and 2 million people were killed in the upheaval in the summer and fall of 1947.
The 158-year-old iconic landmark is taking a long timeout for repairs during which the clock itself must be "dismantled piece by piece with each cog examined and restored."
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