WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office on Friday (Jan 18) disputed a report in BuzzFeed News that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen said Trump directed him to lie to Congress. BuzzFeed, citing two unnamed law enforcement sources, said Cohen, who is going to prison for lying to Congress, told investigators working […]
The nicknames assigned by federal investigators to some bank robbers are drawn largely from their appearances or modus operandi. In March, the F.B.I. said it was seeking a bank robber in California who used wigs and facial hair disguises, calling him the Shaggy Bandit. Another in Massachusetts was named the Faceless Bandit because he was […]
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill weighs race so heavily in its admissions process that it is the predominant factor in determining whether many black and Hispanic students get in, according to court papers filed on Friday by an anti-affirmative action group that is also suing Harvard. The group, Students for Fair Admissions, […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The space agencies of the United States and China are coordinating efforts on Moon exploration, Nasa said Friday (Jan 18), as it navigates a strict legal framework aimed at protecting national security and preventing technology transfer to China. “With the required approval from Congress, Nasa has been in discussions with China to […]
CHICAGO — On a bleak stretch of road outside a Burger King four years ago, a white police officer opened fire on a black teenage boy. Captured on a dashboard camera, the killing reshaped Chicago. The officer, Jason Van Dyke, became the city’s first patrolman in almost 50 years to be convicted of murder. The […]
Ex-Chicago policeman Jason Van Dyke has been sentenced to six years and nine months in jail for the 2014 killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Video of Van Dyke firing repeatedly at the 17-year-old was released a year later, and led to street protests. During Friday’s hearing, residents told of alleged past mistreatment at the […]
A Calgary convenience store employee is demanding answers after she says she was placed on hold after dialing 911 about an incident. Sharron Mead works at a convenience store in southwest Calgary. She said at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, a man wearing no clothes entered the store and began ripping up bags of candy. […]
Oxford County OPP is praising the efforts of a passerby who helped to alert a sleeping woman that her house was on fire. According to police, emergency crews were called to a Huron Street, Zorra Township address shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday. The investigation revealed a man who had been driving down the roadway noticed […]
SHERBROOKE – Canada’s government on Friday dismissed China’s warning of repercussions if Ottawa banned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment to 5G networks, saying it would not compromise on security. China’s ambassador to Canada issued the threat on Thursday as relations between the two nations continued to deteriorate after a senior Huawei executive was […]
The City of Moose Jaw, Sask., is on the antlers of a dilemma – how to reclaim the title of having the world’s tallest moose statue? For decades its Mac the Moose statue held the record at almost 10 metres tall. But then Norway put up a silver moose statue between its capital city of […]