Evening Edition: Dow closes down more than 1,100 points in volatile trading
As fallout continues over the GOP memo, six questions linger over the Nunes probe; Supreme Court refuses to block Pennsylvania ruling invalidating state's congressional map
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged a heart-stopping 1,500 points in afternoon trading before gaining back some ground — and finishing at 24,342, or down 4.6 percent — as volatility returned to the stock market with a vengeance after a year of rare tranquility.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has boasted that his investigation is in "Phase 2" and he now plans to train his fire on other targets. But other Republicans are distancing themselves from Nunes and Democrats plan to push for the release of their rebuttal memo at a meeting later today.
The court denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to delay redrawing the map, meaning the 2018 elections probably will be held in districts far more favorable to Democrats.
Vincent Cirrincione, who was accused of sexual harassment by nine women of color, said in a statement that he made the decision to protect the careers of the actors and actresses he represents.
Every square block of Broad Street seemed to be jammed shoulder to shoulder with people, many of them seeking nothing more than to celebrate the best night of their fan-lives with their like-minded brethren.
The New England quarterback has made a career out of rallying his team to late-game wins with the ball in his hand. But the Philadelphia Eagles did what so many teams before couldn't: took the ball, and a title, away from the Patriots. The Eagles won their first Super Bowl with the 41-33 victory.
Ava Olsen, who was in first grade during a 2016 school shooting in South Carolina, wrote the president to tell him that she lost the 6-year-old boy she wanted to marry. A response arrived the day after Christmas.
Using such messaging services could violate the Presidential Records Act, which requires that nearly all official White House correspondence be preserved.
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Prime Minister Theresa May's comments came after President Trump tweeted that the British were marching in the streets because their universal health-care system was "going broke and not working."
Esmond Martin put his life at risk for decades to document the illegal sale of elephant ivory and rhino horn in Vietnam, Laos, China, African nations and the United States.
The 260-foot stretch had been discovered by a Berliner in 1999, but he kept his discovery a secret for almost 20 years as German authorities kept erasing more and more remnants of the city's division.
The reports — which detailed how officials would respond to a bioterrorism attack — came with instructions to keep the documents locked or to shred them when done, the network said.
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