(CNN) — A Michigan boy who was found alive and hiding in his father’s basement after an 11-day search is now in the custody of his mother, a Detroit police spokesman confirmed Thursday afternoon. Police also talked with Charlie Bothuell for the first time about his disappearance and the events leading up to the bizarre discovery […]
President Obama says tens of thousands of Central American children flooding into the U.S. along the southern border have created a “humanitarian crisis,” and he appealed directly to parents to stop sending kids north. “Our message absolutely is don’t send your children unaccompanied, on trains or through a bunch of smugglers,” Obama told ABC’s Chief […]
Computer experts and Republican lawmakers are poking holes in IRS claims that the agency did all it could to retrieve embattled ex-official Lois Lerner’s allegedly “lost” emails, which the agency blames on a 2011 hard-drive crash. The email revelation already has prompted three congressional hearings — with more likely to come — as lawmakers grow more skeptical […]
The Commerce Department reportedly has given two energy companies permission to ship a type of unrefined ultralight oil to foreign buyers, loosening a nearly 40-year-old ban on oil exports. The Wall Street Journal reported that the shipments of condensate from Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and Enterprise Products Partners LP could begin as soon as August. The […]
One of the lessons that Andrew Lampart learned from being on his school’s debate team was to gather facts for both sides of an argument. So last month when his law class was instructed to prepare for a debate on gun control, Andrew went online using the school’s Internet service. “I knew it was important […]
A New York City fisherman made a shocking catch when he reeled in a great white shark off the coast of a popular Queens beach. Steve Fernandez, 29, and some friends were about a mile off the coast of Rockaway Beach on Sunday when they spotted a baby “Jaws” — a great white shark about […]