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Nebraskas largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police agreed this week to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district. The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after The Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers the gloves, which are known as G. L. O. V. E. s or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitters. The devices have also been used in recent years by some Ray...

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The Latest: The US national debt hits a record $40 trillion

The United States' debt surpassed a record $40 trillion Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending. The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U. S. hit a record $39 trillion debt in March. It reached $38 trillion five months before that, in October. Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an...

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Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Overton is a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of Trump’s second-term health initiatives. She has become a trusted administration figure and a champion of the Republican president’s goals. If confirmed by the Senate, she would have to balance a raft of the of...

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