A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear oral arguments in the corruption case of U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock as his lawyers seek to have all his charges dismissed. [...]
Schock gained notoriety for redecorating his Capitol Hill office in the style of the "Downton Abbey" TV series. He was indicted in 2016 for misusing government and campaign funds. He'd resigned in 2015.
A 3-year-old girl shot and critically wounded her pregnant mom in an Illinois parking lot with a loaded handgun she found in the car, according to police and local reports. [...]
Police said the father stashed the 9mm handgun in the center console to go inside the secondhand clothing store.
A bird strike forced a Southwest Airlines jet to make an emergency landing in Nashville, Tennessee. [...]
The emergency occurred a day after a Southwest plane’s engine exploded during a flight and a businesswoman was sucked halfway out of a window broken by pieces of shrapnel.
Basking sharks are generally solitary animals, so scientists are puzzled as to why almost 1,400 of the creatures have been spotted congregating on a stretch of the North American coast.
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show, Greg Dworkin & Joan McCarter help round up the latest Cohen fallout, Gop leadership disarray, and procedural hurdles to bills protecting Mueller. Without the lenient rules of the Congressional Review Act to play with, the Gop turns to… changing the rules.
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