|
Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Corporate chiefs flee Trump; he disbands WH advisory panelsAugust 16, 20176:31 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — With corporate chieftains fleeing, President Donald Trump abruptly abolished two of his White House business councils Wednesday — the latest fallout from his combative comments on racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Charlottesville victim's mother urges 'righteous action'August 16, 20177:17 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of the young woman mowed down while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville urged mourners at a memorial service Wednesday to "make my child's death worthwhile" by confronting injustice the way she did.  Charlottesville violence revives painful past for minoritiesAugust 16, 20175:26 PM ET Bernard Lafayette fought to end segregation during the civil rights movement. But after watching events in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend and hearing President Donald Trump blame both sides for the deadly violence, he realized that changing laws did not change enough hearts and minds.  Business execs shunned Trump panels before he disbanded themAugust 16, 20177:11 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had pushed many of America's top corporate leaders to the breaking point with his inability to decisively condemn white supremacists — so they huddled on an 11:30 a.m. conference call Wednesday.  Republican leaders dance around Trump remarksAugust 16, 20174:59 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — One after another, the nation's most powerful Republicans responded to President Donald Trump's extraordinary remarks about white supremacists. Yet few mentioned the president.
Latest Headlines  Ageless Brady not slowing down at 40August 16, 20174:12 PM ET WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Training camp is easier for Tom Brady at age 40 than it was when he entered the NFL in 2000.  Mayweather and McGregor will fight in smaller glovesAugust 16, 20176:05 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor got their wish to fight in smaller gloves, but not before being chastised by a Nevada boxing official for using the issue to hype their fight later this month.
|
|
|
