May calls for changes in handling UK sex harassment cases
Britain's Cabinet Office will invest... The wife of a seriously wounded soldier is expected to take the stand as the sentencing hearing for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl resumes.
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Here’s what Mueller could get from ‘flipping’ Manafort
The Special Counsel has reportedly received an indictment against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort in his investigation into alleged Russian election meddling and potential collusion with the President's team. But few believe that the first indictments, reported against Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates only five months after Mueller was appointed, will be the last for the former FBI Director.
Spain seeks rebellion charges against fired Catalan leaders
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona Sunday to call for their region to remain ... . TV crews stand in front of the Palau Generalitat as they wait for the arrival of the Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont, in Barcelona, Spain, early Monday Oct. 30, 2017.
Goodman: Gov. Rick Scott, friend of the environment, LOL.
The Florida governor whose mantra is jobs, jobs, jobs? Who rode to office on a wave of tea party support and has pushed for limiting government and gutting regulations, including those that protect the environment, in the name of giving business a freer rein? Yet here he was this week, proposing to boost spending on Florida's natural resources and environmental programs by $220 million.
Trump’s former campaign manager asked to surrender to FBI: report
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, has been told to surrender to the FBI, The New York Times reports. The report says Manafort's former business associate, Rick Gates, will also be surrendering.
John Boehner Unleashed: Ex-House Speaker Curses at LawmakersFox Nation
Former House Speaker John Boehner, who retired in October 2015, is no longer holding back his anger against several of his former colleagues in Congress. The Ohio Republican talked to Politico Magazine in a lengthy profile Sunday about the widening political divide in America.
John Boehner, retired and a little bitter, f-bombs some old GOP enemies
John A. Boehner has always had a gruff side. During his four-plus years as House speaker, the Ohio Republican let it show occasionally, like when he told former Democratic leader Harry M. Reid "go f- yourself" outside the Oval Office.
Ethiopian-born suspect goes on trial for 1970s war crimes
Presiding Judge Renckens, center, opens the court session in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, in the case against a Dutch national of Ethiopian descent for alleged war crimes committed during the 1970's regime in ... . Presiding Judge Renckens, center, opens the court session in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, in the case against a Dutch national of Ethiopian descent for alleged war crimes committed during the 1970's regime in ... Defense attorneys for Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend have accused the judge in their bribery trial of not letting them present evidence and witnesses to prove their case.
Kenyan election panel poised to announce Kenyatta as winner
Chebukati said Sunday that the election had gone well, and h... . Opposition leader Raila Odinga greets his supporters after attending a church service in the slum of Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.
California ablaze; Las Vegas aftermath; Drying wells
DISPATCH FROM CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES The massive wildfires in Northern California in mid-October forced thousands to quickly evacuate their homes as the fires advanced on neighborhoods and wineries. The American Red Cross set up makeshift evacuation centers in veterans' halls, churches and schools to accommodate the hundreds seeking refuge, some who had lost everything.
Handbook to ranching; pizza-loving bears; high hopes for medical marijuana
It's hard not to wax rhapsodic about the poet and essayist Linda M. Hasselstrom, whose 17th book, Dakota: Bones, Grass and Sky , was published this year. Her mostly short poems are frank yet lyrical, and their subjects range from the appearance of her own aging body to reprising the worth of an old cow found frozen stiff on the range.
At climate talks, it’s America alone more than America first
A file photo of Chicago demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate change accord on June 2, 2017. Washington, Facing 195 other countries who have chosen a different path, the task of US negotiators at upcoming climate talks in Bonn is unenviable.
Debate over tax cuts begins with defining ‘middle class’
In this Oct. 26, 2017, photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, whose panel is charged with writing tax law, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are promoting their tax-cutting plan as needed relief for the stressed American middle class and a catalyst for job creation.
Video: James Comey and the draft letter clearing Hillary Clinton
Here's what we know about former FBI director James B. Comey's decisions about how to end the Clinton email probe. "Wow, FBI confirms report that James Comey drafted letter exonerating Crooked Hillary Clinton long before investigation was complete.
5 police departments get national grants for bulletproof vests
Grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership, and 111 Indiana law-enforcement agencies were awarded $377,409 to help purchase ballistic or stab-resistant body armor. The partnership gave funding priority to cities, towns and counties with fewer than 100,000 residents.
Trump tears into Russia ‘dossier,’ Hillary Clinton and Uranium One ina
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California’s Capitol always has been a sexual playground with…
Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez has written a bill to enshrine whistle-blower protections into law for those legislative staff members who come forward with allegations of sexual assault and harassment. Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez has written a bill to enshrine whistle-blower protections into law for those legislative staff members who come forward with allegations of sexual assault and harassment.
Pair saved after months at sea reach land
Two women from Hawaii who were adrift on a storm-battered sailboat in the Pacific for months have set foot on solid ground at a US Naval base in southern Japan. The USS Ashland rescued Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava and their two dogs about 1450km southeast of Japan, and brought them to America's White Beach Naval Facility after waiting for a typhoon to pass.
FEMA ‘not a party’ to $300M contract with tiny Mont. firm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown. FEMA said in a statement that any language in the controversial contract saying the agency approved of the deal with Whitefish Energy Holdings is inaccurate.
With first charges, Mueller sends warning to Trump, aides
Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, and Manafort's business associate Rick Gates pleaded not guilty to felony cha... . Rick Gates, right, leaves federal court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.