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Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after just 5 days on the job

Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after just five days on the job, a senior administration official, an administration official and a source familiar with the decision said, following a widely panned first press briefing and the revelation that she represented herself as a lawyer but did not pass her bar exam.

Man who stopped the Oregon elementary school shooter has 2 daughters at the school, his mom says

More roller coasters shut down as authorities investigate fatal fall at Georgia amusement park

A growing number of amusement parks have shut down roller coasters as police and state regulators investigate what caused a man to fall out of his seat and plummet to his death at a Georgia park.

Alex Murdaugh’s defense and prosecutors expect to clash over evidence during pretrial hearing