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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says the subpoena issued by House Democrats for the full special counsel report is unnecessary. Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec says Attorney General William Barr released the report with "minimal redactions." Kupec says the department is working with Congress to view more of the report and the subpoena issued Friday by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is "premature and unnecessary."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has changed his tune on special counsel Robert Mueller's report. He initially boasted it found no collusion between him and Russia on the 2016 election campaign and claimed it found no obstruction. But since the full report came out, he has been lashing out. He criticized current and former aides who cooperated with Mueller's investigation, insisting the deeply unflattering picture they painted of him and the White House and efforts to obstruct the probe are untrue.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Parents who starved 12 of their children and kept some shackled to beds in their California home have been sentenced to up to life in prison. The conditions inside David and Louise Turpin's home southeast of Los Angeles came to light after their 17-year-old daughter escaped and called 911 in January 2018. The parents pleaded guilty to torture, cruelty and false imprisonment. They were sentenced Friday and could get parole after 25 years.
ATLANTA (AP) — Forecasters have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi as severe storms made its way across the South. The National Weather Service said in a news release Friday that it had surveyed Thursday afternoon's twisters. The strongest tornado had winds as high as 132 mph (212 kph) when it hit a neighborhood in the central Mississippi town of Morton, damaging numerous homes.
NEW YORK (AP) — This flu season was shaping up to be one of the shortest and mildest in recent U.S. history. But a surprising second viral wave has just made it the longest since the government started tracking flu season duration more than 20 years ago. Health officials released the latest numbers Friday.
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