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| But first, breaking: Five were killed Wednesday as a gunman took hostages in a Florida bank and began shooting at bystanders, according to the Highlands County sheriff. While this story is still developing, the suspect, identified as Zephen Xaver, 21, apparently locked a SunTrust bank in Sebring, Florida, and had customers fall to the floor. He later barricaded himself inside before eventually surrendering to a SWAT team. |
Dems offer Trump money — with strings attached |
| House Democrats are drafting a letter to President Donald Trump offering roughly $5 billion for border security – if the president agrees to reopen the government. The catch: The money can't be used for any "new structures" (read: a wall) along the southern border. No wall means an unhappy president, so the proposal is unlikely to move as is. But it's still significant: It's the first time Democratic leaders will lay out a compromise to end the partial government shutdown, now in its 33rd day. |
The state of the State of the Union |
| Security concerns be damned, Trump seems determined to give his State of the Union address as scheduled. But where? Probably not the U.S. House chamber, as Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi basically blocked Trump from speaking there. (Pelosi won't let the president be formally invited to the chamber as long as the shutdown continues.) Now Trump aides are looking for an alternative site and perhaps an alternative date as well. The annual address is currently scheduled for Tuesday. |
She was incapacitated. Then pregnant. Her nurse was arrested. |
| Phoenix police arrested a 36-year-old nurse at Hacienda HealthCare facility who allegedly sexually assaulted and impregnated an incapacitated woman at the center. The woman gave birth to a boy Dec. 29. The employee, Nathan Sutherland, is a licensed practical nurse who was primarily responsible for caring for the victim at the time of the assault, police said. He has worked at Hacienda since 2011. At an initial hearing, his attorney said there was "minimum" evidence that he committed the crime. |
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Cohen delays testimony after 'threats' from President Trump |
| Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and confidant, announced Wednesday he won't testify before Congress on Feb. 7 because of "threats" from the president and his current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Cohen's testimony about Trump was highly anticipated because he is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for a series of federal crimes and will head to prison March 6. Trump, for his part, has called Cohen a liar and said he was unaware of Cohen's criminal activities. |
Enter Sandmann (and a backlash, too) |
| The "Today" show's Savannah Guthrie interviewed Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic student who stares at a Native American elder in a now-viral clip. It did not go over well on Twitter . Viewers knocked the program for giving the teen a platform for a "softball interview." Sandmann, 17, told Guthrie he wishes he and his classmates had walked away. The teen donned a "Make America Great Again" hat during an incident between Covington Catholic students, a group of Black Hebrew Israelites and a group from the Indigenous Peoples March that exploded over the weekend. |
No sweet hearts for your sweetheart this year |
| One less option to express your romantic feelings this Valentine's Day: Sweethearts will be missing from shelves this year, as the company that makes the candy, the New England Confectionary Co., went out of business. The conversation heart candies are the most popular confection for the holiday, known for classic sayings such as, "Be Mine" and "Cutie Pie." But, the beloved candy will be back next year. |
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