1. “Trump fires FBI Director”

2. At 5pm on Tuesday, the president has fired FBI Director James Comey
At 5pm on Tuesday, the president has fired FBI Director James Comey. The White House pointed to Comey's handling of the probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's private server as the reason for his dismissal. "Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement. But Democrats were quick to call the move "Nixonian," saying that the decision by Trump was part of an effort to impede the Justice Department's Russia investigation about meddling in the 2016 elections and possible ties to the Trump campaign and top aides. "The FBI is one of our Nation's most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement," the president said in the statement. The abrupt decision by the White House brings to an end a tumultuous tenure for the career prosecutor who found himself at the center of controversy about the 2016 election, taking heat from both sides.

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Teen breaks record, gets year of free nuggets: Teenager Carter Wilkerson's tweet asking Wendy's for free chicken nuggets went viral in April, and now he has officially broken the world record for most retweets -- over 3.5 million.
The "Saturday Night Massacre" was one of the most dramatic turns of events in the Watergate scandal -- the political drama that rocked the United States in the 1970s and led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. President Nixon and the Attorney General's office were locked in a political standoff over Nixon's refusal to comply with orders to release recordings of White House conversations. Nixon ordered the firing of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. But Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy William Ruckelshaus resigned rather than comply with the order. Cox was eventually fired by the US solicitor general. Critics of President Trump's firing of FBI director James Comey see similiarities between Cox's firing decades ago and Trump's action on Tuesday.
A New Mexico man arrested for breaking into his mom's house to steal her traditional New Mexican stew won't face charges after all. Last week, a state district judge dismissed charges against Jonathan Carlos Ray, who was charged in 2015 for the theft of his mother's posole (poh-SOH-lay). Police say Ray was arrested after he ignored his mother's orders to stay away from her posole and ran off with the holiday dish. According to a criminal complaint, Ray sent his mom a text message saying he wanted some of her posole. She told him no. The complaint says the mother later found her gate and garage broken and a pot of the posole missing.
Organizers of Alaska's favorite guessing contest say 42 winning tickets will split this year's $267,444 jackpot. Nenana Ice Classic manager says tickets represent correct guesses on when the ice on the Tanana (TA'-nan-nah) River moved. The ice went out at 1 p.m. Monday. Each of the winning tickets is valued at $6, The amount pocketed is $4, after 28 percent is withheld for the Internal Revenue Service. Thousands of people pay $2.50 per guess. The winning time is determined when a cable attached to a tripod on the river ice trips a clock on shore.