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Breonna Taylor's mother writes she's 'reassured of why I have no faith in the legal system'

Breonna Taylor's mother says this week's announcement that no officer is being charged with her daughter's killing "reassured" her of why she has no faith in the legal system.

Everything you've heard about picking a vice president is wrong

Sometime this week -- maybe as soon as today! -- Joe Biden will announce his vice presidential running mate. Until that moment, the speculation over who he might pick (and why) will run rampant. And the vast majority of it will be totally wrong.

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Missouri City Juneteenth Celebration Foundation to Host Four Days Of Family Fun Including Music, Art, Food & Outdoor Movie

The Missouri City Juneteenth Celebration Foundation (MCJCF) will celebrate its 16th annual festivities by hosting four days of fun-filled activities from June 11 – 16, 2018. This annual celebration is a family oriented, educational and a cultural experience that will include art exhibits, a movie in the park, the annual “One Mile of Smiles” parade and live music entertainment.

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5 Things for October 20: John Kelly, Pollution, MH370

Congrats to the L.A. Dodgers! They're headed to the World Series for the first time in almost three decades. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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5 things for March 16: Miami bridge, Russia probe, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, warm spring

We've made it to Friday, but sadly, this week is ending on a tragic note. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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5 things to know for February 22: Jussie Smollett, NC election, Vatican, Venezuela

Looking for a new way to beat the traffic? If you live in Mumbai, you can use Uber to summon ... a speedboat. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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This week is going to be completely full of news. Day and night.

President Donald Trump is traveling 12 time zones across the world for a second high-stakes summit with the North Korean despot Kim Jong Un. During the day in Vietnam and while Americans are sleeping, Trump will try to breathe new energy into de-nuclearization talks with North Korea. At night in Vietnam and during the daytime in DC, his former lawyer and fixer will be testifying in open and closed hearings on Capitol Hill.

Congress Is Urged to Send Juneteenth Legislation to President Trump for Signature

A press conference is scheduled for June 17, 2020 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Sterling, 21449 Potomac View Road, Sterling, VA 20165 by the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (NJOF) to urge Congress to send President Donald Trump legislation amending SJR 45 2012 , Chapter 1, Part A, Subtitle I, Title 36 of U. S. Code 36, to include Juneteenth as a National Day of Observance.

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Mark Zuckerberg survived Congress. Now he has to face Wall Street

1. Facebook faces Wall Street: Mark Zuckerberg survived 10 hours of grilling by nearly 100 members of Congress this month. Now, Facebook's CEO must confront a group that could actually punish his company in the short-term: investors.

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'It IS bad there': Emails reveal Trump officials pushing for immigrant protection terminations

There was a simple explanation in October 2017 when a Department of Homeland Security official was asked why a memo justifying ending immigrant protections for Central Americans made conditions in those countries sound so bad.

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Gordon could be hurricane when it hits Gulf Coast Tuesday night

Tropical Storm Gordon, which may ramp up to become a Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall late Tuesday, brought tropical-storm force winds to the Alabama and western Florida Panhandle coasts.

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JOB FAIR: Hiring 200 Veterans, and 400 people overall

The Michael Berry Show and the Redneck Country Club are hosting a JOB FAIR on August 22nd and August 23rd, sponsored by Gallery Furniture’s Jim McInvale, at 11110 W. Airport, Stafford, TX.

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4 ways the Trump administration wants to change Medicare

After unsuccessfully trying to overhaul Obamacare and Medicaid, the Trump administration is now trying to put its stamp on Medicare.

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A 5-year-old boy was found in a shallow grave. A look into his short life reveals a series of injustices

In his five short years, Andrew "AJ" Freund endured more trauma than any child should. A home that reeked of feces and urine. Frequent visits from police officers and child welfare workers. A family life so unstable that he bounced from one caretaker to another.

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Half the women are gone from Trump's Cabinet

He's had three national security advisers, three chiefs of staff and three attorneys general and he hasn't even been in office for three years. One other result of the chaotic churn in President Donald Trump's Cabinet is that he has fewer women -- down to just three.

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The college admissions scandal is all about inequality, too

Of course there's a way to buy your way into college, thought everyone who ever wondered how an admissions board separates one kid from another.

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Judge Erica Hughes: Ruler of the Court

Erica Hughes can’t stop smiling these days. She did a lot of smiling on the campaign trail when she was running for criminal court judge. A huge smile was on her face when the election results revealed she had won. The smile got bigger when she took the oath of office. And now that she is on the bench, Judge Hughes couldn’t make her smile go away even if she tried.

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5 key takeaways from Donald Trump's State of the Union speech

President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night, a speech that was, in equal measure, surprisingly bipartisan and deeply divisive -- reflective of the deep contradictions that sit at the heart of his presidency.

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Here's why Hillary Clinton 4.0 is a terrible idea

On Sunday, two former advisers to Hillary Clinton made a bold claim in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Here it is:

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5 Things for December 1: Tax Overhaul, Steinle, Tillerson, Libya, Japan

It's not too early to freak out over Christmas shopping. Here are 10 tech gadgets the people in your life will love. And here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.