Melissa Quinn

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Coleman and Boyle, who is Canadian, were captured by terrorists while they were hiking in Afghanistan in 2012. They had since been held by the Haqqani network, a terrorist organization that has ties to the Taliban, in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

President Trump thanks Pakistani government for securing release of captured American family

Melissa Quinn · October 12, 2017 4:17 pm

Included in the post was a screenshot of a message from Twitter notifying her the account had been suspended for 12 hours. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Twitter suspends actress Rose McGowan’s account after Harvey Weinstein tweets

Melissa Quinn · October 12, 2017 3:16 pm

Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said platforms should allow issue-based advertisements "even when they're hard." (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook would’ve let Marsha Blackburn’s ad run

Melissa Quinn · October 12, 2017 2:33 pm

State Department spokeswoman said that the U.S. would be pulling out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization by the end of the year. (UNESCO.org)

US to withdraw from UNESCO due to ‘anti-Israel bias’

Melissa Quinn · October 12, 2017 1:37 pm

Gianforte pled guilty to misdemeanor assault for "body-slamming" Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the Guardian, on the eve of Montana's special election. (Gallatin County Detention Center via AP)

Rep. Greg Gianforte’s mugshot released

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 10:07 pm

The former president's appearance with Northam marks his first return to the campaign trail since Obama left the White House in January. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Obama to campaign for Virginia Democrat in governor’s race

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 8:04 pm

Jim Stites watches part of his neighborhood burn in Fountaingrove, California, Monday Oct. 9, 2017.

21 people dead as California wildfires devastate wine country

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 7:44 pm

"Richard Spencer craves publicity.Desperate to incite outrage b/c terrified @UF speech no one shows up for. #Sayfie #GatorNation," Rubio tweeted. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Marco Rubio asks University of Florida students to stay away from event with white nationalist leader

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 6:25 pm

The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday it will soon allow girls to join its Cub Scouts program and will develop a new program for older girls. (Jake May/The Flint Journal - MLive.com via AP)

Boy Scouts to begin admitting girls

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 5:15 pm

According to the city, the person or people who authored the post "expressed their admiration" for Stephen Paddock, the shooter who fired down at concert-goers in Las Vegas, and warned Charlottesville schools should be targeted next. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Charlottesville schools locked down after FBI warns of threat referencing Las Vegas shooter

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 4:31 pm

Rep. Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., won his seat after Michael Grimm was found guilty of tax evasion. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Paul Ryan backs Dan Donovan over Michael Grimm in New York GOP primary

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 3:17 pm

"He thinks he has to be loyal to his base," Barrack told the Washington Post. "I keep on saying, 'But who is your base? You don't have a natural base.'" (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trump confidant Thomas Barrack says the president is ‘better than this’

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 3:00 pm