Video Florida Shooting Suspect Appears Before Judge Nikolas Cruz, shown with a public defender, was ordered to be held in jail without bond. By SUN SENTINEL VIA REUTERS on Publish Date February 15, 2018. Photo by Susan Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP. Watch in Times Video » PARKLAND, Fla. — Before he was hauled into…
PARKLAND, Fla. — The suspect in one of the deadliest school shootings in modern American history confessed to the police that he “began shooting students that he saw in the hallways and on school grounds,” according to a police arrest report released Thursday. The suspect, Nikolas Cruz, 19, carried a black duffel bag and backpack,…
Corporate bond investors finally joined a selloff that has shaken stocks to Treasuries as investors spooked by U.S. interest-rate risk headed for the exits.Investors pulled $14.1 billion from debt funds, the fifth-largest stretch of redemptions in the week through Feb. 14, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report, citing EPFR data. High-yield bonds lost $10.9 billion alone, the…
Chances for a broad immigration deal emerging from Congress this year are all but dead after the Senate within a span of a few hours on Thursday rejected both a White House-backed proposal and a bipartisan compromise to address the fate of 1.8 million young immigrants.The stalled debate left lawmakers in both parties looking for…
“Throughout the entire community, we have not seen any evidence of any significant change from last year,” Mr. Coats said. The warnings were striking in their contrast to President Trump’s public comments. He has mocked the very notion of Russian meddling in the last election and lashed out at those who suggested otherwise. Mr. Trump…
According to Mr. Wray, the F.B.I. updated the White House three times in 2017 — in March, July and November — about Mr. Porter’s background check as it progressed. Mr. Wray did not disclose the information that was given to the White House at those times, but according to two people briefed on the matter,…
U.S. stock-index futures extended gains, hitting a session high in early London trading as investors await a key inflation report Wednesday.March contracts on the S&P 500 rose 0.5 percent at 8:24 a.m. in London after fluctuating during Asian trading hours. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.6 percent, while the Nasdaq 100 Index…
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is under increasing scrutiny for his handling of domestic violence allegations against a former top presidential aide after the FBI offered an account of events on Tuesday that conflicted with his narrative.FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Tuesday that the bureau provided the White House the results of…
“Clearly, there was a breakdown in process,” former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, an informal adviser to the president, said on “This Week” on ABC. Asked if someone should pay the price, Mr. Christie said, “That’s going to be up to the president ultimately about whether or not he views this as such a…
“He did a very good job when he was in the White House, and we hope he has a wonderful career, and he will have a great career ahead of him,” he said. “But it was very sad when we heard about it, and certainly he’s also very sad now.” Roy Moore ‘totally denies it’…
