Former Vice President Mike Pence said the country needs to have strong Republicans policy makers at the Johnson County Republican Reagan Dinner in Coralville. Former United States Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville, Iowa, on Wednesday evening. This event was hosted by the Johnson Country Republicans of Iowa. Former Vice President Mike Pence called for more Republican leadership on the national and state level at the Johnson County Republican Reagan Dinner in Coralville. “The ideals of the republican party is...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KABC) -- A mother found herself in the middle of chaos during the school shooting in Nashville when children and teachers came running to her home, begging for help. During an interview with ABC News, Katy Robbins, who lives near The Covenant School where the shooting unfolded, said she was looking outside her window when she saw a group of young children sprinting across the street, eventually huddling with a teacher against the gate that surrounds her housing development. "The moment I saw the kids huddled along the...

Shooter ‘Clearly’ Tried to Enter Barricaded Classrooms at Nashville Christian School NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Nashville Christian school shooter “clearly” attempted to enter classrooms that were barricaded, the man who led a school shooting training with teachers and staff at The Covenant School last year told The Epoch Times on Wednesday. Brink Filder is president of Defend Systems, a Nashville active shooter training company that contracted with the school for training sessions. He said on Wednesday he had been at the school all day and did a walkthrough with homicide detectives to...

LOS ANGELES — Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse have been charged in the 2020 death of a man who was held down and complained he couldn’t breathe, Los Angeles County’s district attorney said Wednesday. The CHP sergeant and six officers are charged with one count each of involuntary manslaughter and assault under the color of authority in the death of Edward Bronstein, who had been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, District Attorney George Gascón said. A registered nurse was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Bronstein...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Jrue Holiday scored a career-high 51 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 38 points in a triple-double and the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 149-136 on Wednesday night. "Obviously, I'm happy about it," Holiday said. "It took me 14 years to get 50 points. It came in a game that we needed to win, so I couldn't be happier." Antetokounmpo added 17 rebounds and 12 assists to help the Bucks improve to 55-21. The two-time NBA MVP was an assist shy of a triple-double at halftime with 20...

The Pistons were a completely different team when they last met the Oklahoma City Thunder in November. Most of the roster was healthy and available, including Cade Cunningham, Bojan Bogdanovic, Isaiah Stewart and Hamidou Diallo. Saddiq Bey was also a member of the Pistons the last time Detroit and Oklahoma City played against each other. Much has changed since that early season matchup. On Wednesday, the interconference opponents lined up against each other again, this time with playoff implications on the line. The Thunder entered as the 10th seed in...

CHICAGO (AP) — LeBron James scored 25 points in his return to the starting lineup, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Chicago Bulls 121-110 on Wednesday night. James also had seven rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes in his second game back after he was sidelined for a month because of a torn tendon in his right foot. The four-time MVP scored 19 points in Sunday's 118-108 loss to Chicago in just his second appearance as a reserve in his 20-year NBA career. Fighting for playoff positioning in...

Despite Wednesday’s sunny, warm weather, another winter storm is on the horizon for Aspen. Snow showers are forecasted to begin Thursday afternoon and will continue through the night, leaving a couple inches of fresh snow on each of the mountains. By Friday morning, there could be 2-8 inches of snow across the mountains, according to OpenSnow. “The wind direction on Friday, which will be from the west or west-north, often favors Steamboat, Beaver Creek, Powderhorn, the Aspen area, Irwin, and the Telluride and Silverton areas, so these spots will be...

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican authorities said Wednesday that eight employees or officials are being investigated for possible misconduct at a migrant detention center where a fire killed 39 detained men. Anger and frustration in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez boiled over as hundreds of migrants walked to a U.S. border gate hoping to make a mass crossing. Mexican officials appeared to place blame for the deaths in the fire late Monday largely on private, subcontracted security guards at the detention center in Ciudad Juarez, across the border...