Man living illegally charged in murder of Iowa student
MONTEZUMA, Iowa — A man from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibbetts while she was running in her small Iowa hometown, killing her and dumping her body in a cornfield, authorities said Tuesday. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged with firstdegree murder in the death of Tibbetts, whose July 18 disappearance set off a massive search involving state and federal authorities. Rivera led investigators early Tuesday to a body believed to be Tibbetts in a cornfield about 12 miles southeast of Brooklyn, Iowa, where Tibbetts was last seen running.
Collins: Kavanaugh believes Roe is settled law
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Tuesday he agrees that the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights is settled law, according to Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who held a two-hour meeting with Kavanaugh in her office that she called “very informative.”
White House proposes overhaul of pollution rules
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to prop up the declining coal industry with an overhaul of Obama-era pollution rules, acknowledging that the increased emissions from aging coal-fired plants could kill hundreds more people annually and cost the country billions of dollars.
Congressman, wife indicted
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and his wife were indicted Tuesday on federal charges that they used more than $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses and lied about it in federal filings, prosecutors said.