By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump’s former communications chief Hope Hicks is taking on a similar role at the new Fox company, meaning she’ll supervise messaging at her former boss’ favorite television network. The new company, being created by the shedding of many of 21st …

By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Beyonce and Jay-Z are off the road, another power couple is taking their place: Hillary and Bill Clinton. The Clintons announced Monday they will visit four cities in 2018 and nine in 2019 across North America in a series …

By MICHAEL HILL and SABRINA CASERTA, Associated Press AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — A ceremony for the victims of the limousine crash that killed 20 people ended with participants lifting candles above their heads to signal unity and perseverance. Over 1,000 people jammed a riverside park in Amsterdam, New York, for Monday …

By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager that was captured on shocking dashcam video that showed him crumpling to the ground in a hail of 16 bullets as …

By CATHERINE LUCEY and COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at female protesters who have confronted senators over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, labeling them “rude elevator screamers” and “paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad.” Trump’s tweet Friday came before a …

By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a battle that’s seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald …

From the National Weather Service a flash flood watch in effect through thursday evening… the national weather service in morristown has issued a * flash flood watch for a portion of east tennessee, including the following areas, bledsoe, blount smoky mountains, bradley, east polk, hamilton, loudon, marion, mcminn, meigs, nw …

New Scrabble Dictionary For A New Generation Merriam-Webster published the new edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, containing 300 new words, on Monday. Among those words are twerk – to dance by shaking the buttocks while squatting – and ew, used to express disgust. The dictionary is a reference …