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New sanctions target Iran

(NBC News) President Trump’s national security advisor says the door is wide open for Iran to negotiate with the U.S., one day after the Trump administration announced new sanctions targeting the country’s top leaders. The new sanctions target Iran’s supreme leader and top diplomat, and came in response to last week’s downing of a U.S. drone. Iran’s president calls the…

Former sheriff’s employee arrested in fatal ATV crash

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) – Officials say a former Franklin County Sheriff’s Department employee charged with DUI in a fatal ATV wreck has a history of driving while intoxicated. Kentucky State Police say that the crash happened in the vicinity of Old Landing Road in Owen County. State police say Mario Chavez, 43, was driving an ATV Friday afternoon with…

NE man charged in motorcycle deaths

(NBC NEWS) – The driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide, and records show he was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving last month and in 2013. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, was arrested Monday morning at his home in West…

Mom kills son while playing chicken

(KPRC) – A mother was charged Thursday after investigators originally said she accidentally ran over her 3-year-old son earlier this month. Lexus Stagg, 26, was charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection with the June 11 incident at the Westchase Grand Apartments in Houston. Police said on the night of the crash, Stagg accidentally ran over Lord Renfro while backing…

IN teacher fired for same sex marriage

A Catholic High School is firing a teacher to avoid having its ties cut with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The school announced Sunday they are terminating a gay teacher to avoid a with the diocese. This announcement comes as the archdiocese stripped Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School of its Catholic identity over their decision to employ an educator in a same-sex…

President Trump Announce new Iran sanctions

(NBC News) -President Trump is tightening his grip on Iran by announcing new economic sanctions to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon. However, he is open to talking with the country. Meanwhile Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling to Saudi Arabia to build a coalition against Iran. The president is also ramping up pressure after the downing of…