| South Carolina congressional candidate seriously injured in car crash -  South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington, who ousted incumbent U.S. Representative Mark Sanford in a primary this month, was seriously injured in a car crash that killed the driver of a second vehicle, her campaign said on Saturday. Arrington, 47, was the passenger in a car driven by a friend on Friday night when a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction struck them on Highway 17 in Charleston County as they were going to Hilton Head where Arrington was to receive an award from a state medical organization, her campaign said. Tim Scott, a Republican U.S. Senator from South Carolina, told the News & Courier newspaper in Charleston that he visited Arrington on Saturday and spoke with her.
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 19:19:34 -0400
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| White House press secretary says asked to leave restaurant for working for Trump -  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Saturday that she had been asked to leave a Virginia restaurant the night before because she worked for U.S. President Donald Trump. "Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left," Sanders said on the official Press Secretary Twitter account. On Saturday, the owner of the Red Hen confirmed the incident and said she stood by her decision to refuse service to Sanders, the Washington Post reported.
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 19:18:35 -0400
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| No drugs in U.S. celebrity chef Bourdain's body when he died: prosecutor - ![No drugs in U.S. celebrity chef Bourdain's body when he died: prosecutor]( "No drugs in U.S. celebrity chef Bourdain's body when he died: prosecutor") (This version of the June 22 story was corrected to show traces of alcohol, medicines were found) PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who killed himself in a French hotel room earlier this month, had no narcotics in his body when he died, a local prosecutor said on Friday. Bourdain, host of CNN's food-and-travel-focused "Parts Unknown" television series, was 61. Trace of alcohol," he said, listing the findings of the investigation.
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 03:19:28 -0400
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| Four arrested in Pittsburgh as protest calls for justice after police shooting - ![Four arrested in Pittsburgh as protest calls for justice after police shooting]( "Four arrested in Pittsburgh as protest calls for justice after police shooting") Police made four arrests during the hours-long demonstration that wound through the streets of the Steel City as hundreds of protesters blocked intersections and major thoroughfares, disrupting rush-hour and Friday-night traffic, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a CNN affiliate reported. Protesters have taken to the streets nightly this week since Antwon Rose, 17, was shot and killed by an East Pittsburgh police officer as he ran from a vehicle after it was stopped by police who were searching for a suspect in an earlier drive-by shooting. Friday's protest stopped at one point in front of PNC Park where Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates played the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 02:24:02 -0400
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| White House accuses Democrats and media of exploiting toddler photo - ![White House accuses Democrats and media of exploiting toddler photo]( "White House accuses Democrats and media of exploiting toddler photo") (Reuters) - After weeks of criticism over the separation of immigrant families, the White House seized on a photo of a Honduran toddler seen sobbing at the U.S.-Mexican border to accuse Democrats and the media on Friday of exploiting the picture to push their agenda on immigration. The photograph, taken by photographer John Moore at the scene of a border detention this month, became a powerful image in the media coverage of the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexican border. Dozens of newspapers and magazines including Time and the Washington Post published the image.
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:02:30 -0400
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