Former New York assembly speaker Silver’s conviction is overturned
Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arrives at the Manhattan U.S. District Courthouse in New York, on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo by Brendan McDermid for Reuters.
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Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction is overturned
Sheldon Silver's Conviction Is Overturned - A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful New York State Assembly speaker who obtained nearly $4 million in illicit payments in return for taking official actions that benefited others
Report: Turkey detains 29 IS militants in raids in Istanbul
From memorials and dance celebrations to a launch of sky lanterns, family and friends were celebrating Philando Castile's life in the year since he was shot to death during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb. From memorials and dance celebrations to a launch of sky lanterns, family and friends were celebrating Philando Castile's life in the year since he was shot to death during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb.
WTA: Mattek-Sands’ right knee tested after Wimbledon injury
From memorials and dance celebrations to a launch of sky lanterns, family and friends were celebrating Philando Castile's life in the year since he was shot to death during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb. From memorials and dance celebrations to a launch of sky lanterns, family and friends were celebrating Philando Castile's life in the year since he was shot to death during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb.
‘Baffled’ Chuck Schumer tries to help Trump cram for Putin meeting via Twitter
The leader of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate is baffled that President Donald Trump has not prepared a specific agenda for Friday's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit. To remedy Trump's lack of planning, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the president's favorite information platform - Twitter, of course - to brief the leader of the free world prior to the bilateral meeting with the Russian strongman.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Manages To Hit NYC, Gov. Cuomo While Attacking Trump
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a piece in the NY Times today, in which you would have though that someone at the New York City based paper would have said "hey, wait a minute, he's slurring us as New Yorkers!" as Rahm punches NYC and Governor Cuomo in the face On Thursday, in the wake of a subway derailment and an epidemic of train delays, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest mass transit system in America. That same day, the nation's third-busiest system - the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - handed out coupons for free coffee to riders stuck in the second year of slowdowns caused by repairs to prevent chronic fires.
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MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough described President Donald Trump's "unmoored behavior" in a Washington Post column where they alleged that "this year, top White House staff members warned that the National Enquirer was planning to publish a negative article about us unless we begged the president to have the story spiked." Brzezinski and Scarborough wrote they ignored the "desperate pleas" from the White House.
Looking toward retirement, BCC President John Sbrega reflects on life and the college
As a teenager in Holyoke in the 1950s, John J. “Jack” Sbrega dreamed of one day coaching baseball and teaching at a local prep school near his hometown.  He saw himself on the baseball diamond “with leather patches on my jacket. Maybe I'd take up pipe smoking,” he said with a laugh.  He aimed to follow the footsteps of his dad - a high school teacher and professor at Westfield State College, now Westfield State University.  “Education was something I grew up with in the house,” he said.
Trump mocks TV host: ‘bleeding badly from a face-lift’
In this April 22, 2013 file photo, MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, right, attend the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.
Brazilian President Michel Temer charged with corruption
Backus asked a number of questions M... -- Federal authorities are investigating a breach into computer systems of at least one U.S. nuclear power plant, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.The... -- Brazilian President Michel Temer has called a bribery charge filed against him, "fiction." Temer was hit with an indictment by Brazil's chief prosecutor Ro... LINCOLN - Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Greg Ibach will be in Beijing and Shanghai June 29-30, 2017 to celeb... CHADRON, Neb.
Shkreli jury selection expected to take a third day
Even with his federal securities fraud trial set to begin Monday, Shkreli has... . Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli, left, arrives to federal court with his attorney Benjamin Brafman in New York, Monday, June 26, 2017.
Retracted CNN story a boon for president at war with media
CNN isn't commenting Monday, June 26, as to what led... The nation's largest wildfire has forced more than 1,500 people from their homes and cabins in a southern Utah mountain area home to a ski town and popular fishing lake. Crews in California, meanwhile, are dealing... The nation's largest wildfire has forced more than 1,500 people from their homes and cabins in a southern Utah mountain area home to a ski town and popular fishing lake.
Gay pride parades nationwide take on a political tone
People marched in the annual New York Gay Pride Parade, one of the oldest and largest in the world, in the West Village in Manhattan on Sunday. NEW YORK - Thousands of people lined the streets for gay pride parades Sunday in coast-to-coast events that took both celebratory and political tones, the latter a reaction to what some see as new threats to gay rights in the Trump era.
The Latest: Court: Dutch don’t have to house more migrants
On World Refugee Day, more than 60,000 refugees and migrants are ... north of Athens. On World Refugee Day, more than 60,000 refugees and migrants are still stranded in Greece in a process barely moving: Forward to other countries of the European Union, or back to Turkey under a deportation deal launched 15 m... Harvard University's recent decision to rescind admission offers to 10 incoming freshmen because of offensive Facebook posts is drawing attention from far beyond the Ivy League school's halls.
Dispute over apartheid-era bailout escalates in South Africa
Harvard University's recent decision to rescind admission offers to 10 incoming freshmen because of offensive Facebook posts is drawing attention from far beyond the Ivy League school's halls. Harvard University's recent decision to rescind admission offers to 10 incoming freshmen because of offensive Facebook posts is drawing attention from far beyond the Ivy League school's halls.
UK police: Mosque attack suspect held on terror charges
The vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning. . Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May returns to Downing Street following a visit to Finsbury Park in north London, Monday, June 19, 2017.
Laisa Ribeiro, Jasmine Tookes and Jocelyn Chew in Vegas
'I took my daughter to the dentist, and they brought her back dead': Mother's anguish as her daughter, three, dies during routine dental procedure to remove two teeth Pastor, 52, vanishes in New Mexico while hunting hidden treasure chest containing $1million of gold and jewels buried somewhere in the Rocky Mountains - a year after another man died looking for the same haul 'At least two dead' as holiday hotspot in Mali is stormed by gunmen who have 'taken hostages in resort popular with Western tourists' Girl, 10, has arm severed and nearly loses her foot after being mauled by 'vicious' pit bull that previously attacked a utilities worker More than 80 Great Danes are rescued from squalid $1.45 million New Hampshire mansion-'turned puppy farm' covered in feces and littered with rotting raw chicken North Korea accuses America of 'mugging' its diplomats of a package at JFK airport and says ... (more)
Democrats, please stop trying to fake populist authenticity by swearing
It's not the swearing, of which I'm an enthusiastic practitioner, that grates. It's the fakery of swearing for political effect.
Police activity near Notre Dame in Paris, public asked to avoid area
The issue is pretty much a slam dunk, as is his love for the NBA team's ... -- Former FBI Director James Comey will testify about his discussions with President Donald Trump on June 8, a month after his firing and weeks after his predeces... -- Friday's episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher has just lost one of its guests. A spokesperson for Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Mi... -- The Trump International Hotel received $270,000 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to filings disclosed by the Department of Justice.A spokesperson for ... -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is updating how it stores veterans' electronic health records by adopting the same record-keeping system as the Department o... MANHATTAN, KAN.
Deterrence is delicate; Trump messed up
So what if, in his speech last week to NATO, Donald Trump didn't explicitly reaffirm the provision that an attack on one is an attack on all? What's the big deal? Didn't he affirm a general commitment to NATO during his visit? Hadn't he earlier sent his vice president and secretaries of state and defense to pledge allegiance to Article 5? And anyway, who believes that the United States would really go to war with Russia - and risk nuclear annihilation - over Estonia? Ah, but that's precisely the point. It is because deterrence is so delicate, so problematic, so literally unbelievable that it is not to be trifled with.