The Senate overcame some conservative Republicans' strategy to gut President Obama's healthcare law in exchange for keeping the government running, The Chicago Tribune reported. The Senate cast a rare vote 100-0 to take up legislation to keep the government open past September 30, NBC News reported.
Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard shooter responsible for killing 12 people last week, lied about a previous arrest and failed to disclose thousands of dollars in debts when he applied for a security clearance in the Navy. Federal investigators had dismissed the omissions, all the while deleting any reference to his use of a gun in the same arrest.
The 68th U.N. General Assembly sessions began in New York this week as members of almost 200 countries converged for a week of diplomacy and dialogue in hopes of reaching important breakthroughs for some of the most important worldly issues.
Former prosecutor and defense lawyer Paul Bergrin was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for facilitating murder, running drugs and operating a criminal syndicate out of his Newark law firm
