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Ex-CIA Director John Brennan: Trump is 'drunk on power'
CNN - 18 Aug 2018 05:02
Former CIA Director John Brennan criticized President Donald Trump on Friday for revoking his security clearance and said the President is "drunk on power."
Ex-prosecutor who helped drug dealers for sex gets probation
New York Post - 18 Aug 2018 06:55
BEDFORD, Pa. -- A former Pennsylvania district attorney who tipped off female drug dealers and gave them lenient treatment in exchange for sex was sentenced to eight years of probation on Friday. Bill Higgins repeatedly ...
The Bane That Is Betsy DeVos
The New York Times - 18 Aug 2018 02:09
Watch out, the secretary of education is on the loose.
Ex-teacher arrested for sex with student admits there were others: cops
New York Post - 18 Aug 2018 06:44
AZTEC, N.M. -- Authorities in New Mexico say a former high school teacher accused of having sex with a student admitted to doing so with several other girls while a teacher in Aztec. Police say 31-year-old James Dee Coul...
Accusing Trump Adviser of Repeatedly Lying to Investigators, Mueller Asks for Jail Time
The New York Times - 18 Aug 2018 05:46
In a memo filed Friday evening, Robert Mueller said that George Papadopoulos's attempts to mislead the F.B.I. had a significant effect on the investigation into Russian election interference.
Omarosa Has Stash Of Video In Addition To Audiotapes: Report
The Huffington Post - 18 Aug 2018 05:40
She also reportedly has emails, text messages and other documentation supporting the claims about her time in the Trump White House.
Judge Bars Statements Made by Guantánamo Detainees During F.B.I. Interrogations
The New York Times - 18 Aug 2018 04:58
The decision could be a major setback for the effort to prosecute the five detainees who are accused of aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Venezuela hikes wages ahead of monetary overhaul
Fox News - 18 Aug 2018 04:46
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raised wages for the fifth time this year and said he wanted to peg prices to the nation's fledgling cryptocurrency as part of a package of measures that economists say is likely to ac...
Are Turkey's financial tremors spreading across the globe?
Al Jazeera English - 18 Aug 2018 16:07
The escalating US-Turkey spat resulted in the collapse of the Turkish Lira this week.
Boyfriend of missing woman arrested for identity theft, forgery
ABC News - 18 Aug 2018 05:52
Kiera Bergman hasn't been seen since Aug. 4.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Criticized for Excluding Press From 2 Town Hall Meetings
The New York Times - 18 Aug 2018 05:45
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist candidate for Congress in New York, called the controversy a "nonstory."
Police use of Tasers: Why and when do police use the shocking devices?
USA Today - 18 Aug 2018 04:53
While Tasers are designed to be non-lethal, they can kill. Rules for police use vary across the country, as does training. But there are some national guidelines and cautions that officers are encouraged to heed. �...
Kofi Annan: Ex-United Nations secretary-general remembered as untiring peace negotiator
USA Today - 18 Aug 2018 16:31Nicaragua's national tourism in decline amid political unrest
Al Jazeera English - 18 Aug 2018 16:25
Workers in Nicaragua's tourism industry are hoping to hang on until the next busy season, but if the country has not stabilised by then, migration may become their only option.
The Saudi school bus bombing in Yemen reportedly used an American-made weapon
The Week - 18 Aug 2018 16:21
The weapon used in the Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a school bus in Yemen earlier this month that killed 51 people, 40 of them children, and wounded over 100 more was manufactured in the United States, CNN reported F...
Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of Discrimination Against Conservatives
The New York Times - 18 Aug 2018 16:15
After a string of crackdowns on the platforms, President Trump vowed to prevent voices aligned with his administration from being removed.
Kofi Annan, former U.N. secretary general, dies at 80
The Week - 18 Aug 2018 16:13
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan died Saturday after a brief illness, his family reported via his personal foundation. He was 80 years old. It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi ...
Why the Roman Catholic Church still struggles with sexual abuse scandals
USA Today - 18 Aug 2018 16:07
Sixteen years after The Boston Globe published its landmark investigation into clergy sexual abuse, dioceses continue to embrace a cover-up culture.
Suspected K2 dealer arrested after mass overdose
New York Post - 18 Aug 2018 16:05
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with more than 100 synthetic-marijuana overdoses, many of them in the same New Haven park, after authorities say they caught him with 32 bags of the d...
China's top diplomat says supports Turkey's efforts to safeguard stability
Reuters - 18 Aug 2018 15:59
China supports the Turkish government's efforts to safeguard security and economic stability and believes that it will overcome its "temporary difficulties", China's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, told Turkey's ...
German prosecutors probe Yazidi woman's claim about IS man
Miami Herald - 18 Aug 2018 15:59
German federal prosecutors say they're taking seriously a Yazidi woman's claim that she ran into her former Islamic State captor in Germany, but say they need more information to identify …
Unified Koreas athletes center of attention at Asiad opener
Fox News - 18 Aug 2018 15:44
Thousands of spectators cheered wildly as athletes from the rival Koreas paraded side-by-side behind a "unification" flag in a spectacular opening ceremony for the Asian Games.