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Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
WASHINGTON | The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore no responsibility for longstanding problems at the landmark, defense lawyers said Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss […]
Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment tees up a legal debate and a contempt vote
WASHINGTON | Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week as a Republican-led committee prepares to vote to hold him in contempt and refer the matter to the Justice Department. A contempt finding could open the door to an investigation into whether Fauci had […]
UN, scientists warn that strong El Nino will add fuel to ‘a planet already on fire’
UNITED NATIONS | A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages, and it likely will spark even more wild weather worldwide as it grows, “adding fuel to a planet already on fire,” United Nations officials warned Friday. A key area of the Pacific Ocean used to measure the strength […]
Musk likely to face tough questions during SpaceX’s first earnings call as a public company
NEW YORK | Investors in Elon Musk’s space company get a chance to question him Tuesday after SpaceX issues its first quarterly earnings since going public. SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects. They’re also bracing for volatile trading as […]
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
DETROIT | Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both people had underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by the intestinal illness and dehydration. […]
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross
BANGKOK | Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed government said, a rare moment of contact with the outside world for the Nobel laureate who has been held out of public view since the military seized power […]
Trump and DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83 million defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump and the Justice Department are asking the Supreme Court to toss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault, saying he can’t be sued for comments he made while he was president. It’s the second time Trump has asked the […]
Urban League report says Trump administration is harming Black Americans’ chances at American Dream
WASHINGTON | The American Dream may not be dead for many Black Americans, but it is further away than at any point since the Civil Rights Movement, warns a report by the National Urban League. Released on Thursday, the annual “State of Black America” report grimly describes Black Americans ‘ economic and political prospects as […]
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
WASHINGTON | Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision, at least for now, shielded Fauci from answering questions that could expose him to accusations of lying under oath. Though […]
‘She killed the kids!’ 911 call from Lindsay Clancy’s husband brings tears to the courtroom
PLYMOUTH, Mass. | Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court Wednesday as jurors listened to the anguished 911 call her then-husband made after returning from an errand to find she’d strangled their three children in their Massachusetts home. On the roughly 7-minute recording, Patrick Clancy can be heard speaking with his wife upon finding her badly injured […]