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Trump and Pence give surprise addresses at anti-abortion March for Life
WASHINGTON — President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence surprised thousands of protesters demonstrating against abortion on the Mall in Washington by making unannounced speeches at Friday’s March for Life. Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, strode onstage to the delighted cheers of a roaring crowd carrying antiabortion posters and...
In rare move, Mueller’s office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project
WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller III’s office on Friday denied an explosive report by BuzzFeed News that his investigators had gathered evidence showing President Donald Trump directed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a prospective business deal in Moscow. “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to...
Trump meets with N. Korean official at White House amid talk of 2nd summit
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with a senior North Korean official at the White House on Friday amid speculation that the two sides could soon announce a second summit between him and Kim Jong Un. Trump welcomed Kim Yong Chol, a former spy chief, who was reported to be...
Model who claimed U.S.-Russian collusion held in Moscow on prostitution charges
MOSCOW — A model from Belarus who claimed to have recordings shedding light on the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia was detained Thursday at a Moscow airport on prostitution allegations, the police said. The model, Anastasia Vashukevich, had been deported from Thailand earlier in the day after spending nine months...
Professional bull rider Mason Lowe dies after being stomped during competition
A professional bull rider died as a result of being bucked off his bull at the National Western Stock Show on Tuesday night in Denver. Mason Lowe, 25, was on the ground when the bull, weighing between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds, landed on his chest with its hind legs, according...
Michigan State President Engler resigns after he said sexual abuse victims enjoyed spotlight
The embattled interim president of Michigan State University sent a letter Wednesday that he is resigning, becoming the school’s second leader in a year to step down under pressure because of the scandal involving a university physician convicted of sexually abusing girls and women. John Engler, a former Republican governor...
Carry Nation, the fiery feminist who helped launch Prohibition 100 years ago
It was a divorcee wielding a hatchet — an ultimate revenge scenario — who largely got America into rehab 100 years ago ago. Carry Amelia Nation, who also liked to be known as Carry A. Nation, didn’t live to see the ratification of the Constitution’s 18th Amendment — better known...
GOP senators protect Trump administration plan to lift Russian sanctions
WASHINGTON — Republican senators on Wednesday successfully defended the Trump administration’s plan to lift sanctions on companies controlled by a Vladimir Putin ally — despite the defection of nearly a dozen Republicans who broke ranks to vote with the Democrats. The Democratic effort to block the relaxation of sanctions on...
Real fake news: Bogus editions The Washington Post claim Trump resigns
Fake editions of The Washington Post claiming that President Donald Trump was leaving office were handed out Wednesday morning at multiple locations in Washington, D.C. The print papers - dated May 1, 2019, and looking strikingly similar to actual copies of The Post - were filled with anti-Trump stories, which...
Major bug in Fortnite gave hackers access to millions of player accounts, researchers say
If you or your child plays Fortnite, you might want to take a closer look at your recent credit card statements. Epic Games, the maker of the hit online battle royal title, admitted Wednesday that a flaw in the game’s log-in system could have allowed hackers to impersonate real players...
Trump administration recalls 2,500 USDA workers to help farmers hurt by shutdown
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is temporarily recalling about 2,500 federal employees tasked with helping America’s farmers and ranchers, part of its effort to insulate the nation’s agriculture industry from the impact of the partial government shutdown. The Agriculture Department will, for at least three days,...
John Wetteland, MVP of the 1996 World Series, arrested on child sex-abuse charge
John Wetteland, a three-time MLB all-star and the 1996 World Series MVP, has been arrested on a child sex-abuse charge in Denton County, Texas, accused of the continuous abuse of a child under the age of 14. According to online jail records, Wetteland posted $25,000 bond and was released on...
British Parliament rejects Theresa May’s Brexit deal, putting EU withdrawal in doubt
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May was defeated in a landslide vote Tuesday in Parliament, where lawmakers rejected her Brexit deal by a vote of 432 to 202 — a pure humiliation for a British leader who has spent the past two years negotiating her failed withdrawal agreement with Brussels....
‘Like I said: A puppet’: Hillary Clinton doubles down on Trump and Russia
On Friday, The New York Times published a 1,727-word report revealing the FBI had once opened an investigation into whether President Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia and thus a “possible threat to national security.” Over the weekend, The Washington Post followed with a bombshell of its own:...
He spotted Jayme Closs at a bus stop, then launched deadly plan to kidnap her, police say
BARRON, Wis. — He shaved his head and his face, wiping down his father’s shotgun and six 12-gauge shells to avoid leaving a physical trace. He replaced his car’s license plates with a set he had stolen, removing a glow-in-the-dark cord from the trunk that allowed people to open it...
Details about Manafort’s interactions show Mueller’s focus on Russian contacts
New revelations about Paul Manafort’s interactions with a Russian associate while he was leading President Trump’s campaign provide a window into how extensively the special counsel has mapped interactions between Trump associates and Russians in his 20-month investigation. When Manafort pleaded guilty in September to federal crimes related to his...
Many of Trump’s advisers tried to derail Syria withdrawal
WASHINGTON — President Trump dispatched national security adviser John Bolton on a cleanup mission a week ago, with a three-day itinerary in Israel that was intended to reassure a close ally that Trump’s impulsive decision to immediately withdraw troops from Syria would be carried out more slowly and with important...
NFL announces that Maroon 5 will headline Super Bowl with Travis Scott, Big Boi
The NFL officially announced Sunday — finally — that Maroon 5, backed by Travis Scott and Big Boi, will perform during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show in Atlanta. It’s an unusually late move for the organization, which typically has the musical act lined up for months, to make an...
Human and financial costs mount as shutdown enters fourth week with Trump threatening longer standoff
WASHINGTON — The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history ground into a fourth week Saturday with President Trump showing fresh defiance on Twitter, congressional Democrats firmly resolved to resist his calls for a border wall, and unpaid workers caught in the middle. “We will be out for a long...
It’s shaping up to be a stellar year for space flight
Elon Musk is prone to tweeting out artistic renderings of the rockets and spacecraft he intends to build, offering his followers a glimpse of the future he imagines for humanity on other planets. So when he recently posted a photo of a launchpad walkway leading out to his rocket and...
FBI’s investigation of Trump included counterintelligence inquiry
WASHINGTON — The FBI investigation into President Trump that was opened almost immediately after he fired then-director James Comey also included a counterintelligence component to determine if the president was seeking to help Russia and if so, why, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision by then-acting FBI...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no remaining cancer, Supreme Court announces
WASHINGTON – Tests revealed that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no additional cancer following her surgery in December, and no further treatment is needed, the Supreme Court announced Friday. “Justice Ginsburg will continue to work from home next week and will participate in the consideration and decision of the cases...
Maryland firefighter accused of threatening to cut off a water supply during a blaze
Two firefighters have been temporarily banned from responding to emergency runs as the department investigates radio transmissions in which a firefighter threatened to cut off another crew’s water supply during a call in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The firefighters - one career and one volunteer - have been confined to administrative...
Democratic lawmakers call for delay in easing sanctions on close ally of Russia’s Putin
WASHINGTON — House Democrats said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed to convince them in a closed briefing Thursday that the United States should lift sanctions on a Russian aluminum company controlled by a Vladimir Putin ally, calling for more information and a delay. Treasury notified Congress last month that it...
Wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against McCarrick, officials confirm
D.C. Cardinal Donald Wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and reported them to the Vatican in 2004 despite his public denials, church officials confirmed Thursday evening. Robert Ciolek, a former priest who reached a settlement with the church in 2005 after reporting abuse and misconduct by...
