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Pompeo misses subpoena deadline to turn over Ukraine documents in impeachment inquiry
USA Today - 5 Oct 2019 05:18Air Force colonel pleads guilty in child pornography case
New York Post - 5 Oct 2019 04:07
An Air Force colonel pleaded guilty in Virginia federal court on Friday to receiving and attempting to receive child pornography, the Justice Department announced. Mark Visconi, 48, of Fairfax, Virginia, downloaded child...
2nd Official Is Weighing Whether to Blow the Whistle on Trump's Ukraine Dealings
The New York Times - 5 Oct 2019 03:52
The official, a member of the intelligence community, was interviewed by the inspector general to corroborate the original whistle-blower's account.
Deadly clashes flare again in Iraq, five killed in capital
Reuters - 5 Oct 2019 18:53
Clashes between police and protesters killed five people in Baghdad on Saturday in a resumption of anti-government unrest, as security forces deployed in their hundreds to keep demonstrations away from central squares in...
Abortion, immigrants, LGBT rights top high court's new term
Boston - 5 Oct 2019 15:31
Abortion rights, and protections for young immigrants and LGBT people are at the top of the Supreme Court agenda in an election-year term that offers its more conservative majority ample opportunity to flex its muscle
Journalist says a CBP officer withheld his passport until he agreed he writes 'propaganda'
Boston - 5 Oct 2019 15:17
"So you write propaganda, right?"
Lifers: Stories of non-violent incarceration in federal prison
USA Today - 5 Oct 2019 03:55
Multi-platform series on non-violent offenders who are in for life despite the First Step Act.
Ecuador transport unions suspend protests against cuts to fuel-subsidy
Reuters - 5 Oct 2019 02:17
Ecuadorean transport unions agreed on Friday to suspend protests against President Lenin Moreno's scrapping of fuel-subsidies, a union spokesman said, after two days of unrest that halted transport nation-wide and result...
In Months Before Trump Call, Ukraine Officials Felt White House Pressure
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2019 01:27
The administration in Kyiv felt it had to accede to White House wishes, including promising investigations into the Bidens and 2016 election interference, in order to secure a summit.
NYT: Second Intelligence Official Considering Filing Complaint on Trump-Ukraine
Slate - 5 Oct 2019 16:38
The second official has more direct knowledge of the events described in the first complaint.
America's last slave ship could offer a case for reparations
ABC News - 5 Oct 2019 16:28
The discovery of the last ship that brought Africans to the United States as slaves may offer a test case for reparations
4 homeless men beaten to death in Manhattan in random attack, police say
USA Today - 5 Oct 2019 16:28
Four homeless men were found beaten to death in New York City early Saturday morning, police say. A fifth is in critical condition
Pompeo calls Ukraine inquiry 'silly gotcha game'
Reuters - 5 Oct 2019 16:11
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Ukraine inquiry a 'silly gotcha game' on Saturday.
Teenage boy shot as protests rage in Hong Kong
CBSNews - 5 Oct 2019 15:40
Mass transit service in the city was suspended after protesters set fires at train station entrances and smashed ticketing facilities.
College financial disclosure bill advancing in Massachusetts
Boston - 5 Oct 2019 15:23
The legislation would create financial penalties for colleges that fail to report.
Hong Kong Reels From Violent Overnight Protests Against a Ban on Face Masks
Time - 5 Oct 2019 05:44
Thirty-one people were injured, three of them seriously, in overnight unrest
Journalist says customs agent made him say he writes "propaganda"
CBSNews - 5 Oct 2019 05:36
When the journalist said he's a journalist, the agent allegedly responded, "so you write propaganda, right?"
Exclusive: Iran not 'drawing back' militarily after Saudi attack - U.S. admiral
Reuters - 5 Oct 2019 05:35
Iran has not drawn back to a less threatening military posture in the region following the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia, the top U.S. admiral in the Middle East told Reuters, suggesting persistent concern despite a lu...
Two killed when car slams into concrete wall in the Bronx
New York Post - 5 Oct 2019 04:49
Two people were killed when their car slammed into a concrete wall underneath subway tracks in the Bronx Friday evening, police said. A 23-year-old man was driving a 2005 Nissan sedan southbound on Whitlock Avenue when h...
Trump Signs Proclamation Restricting Visas For Immigrants Without Health Insurance
Time - 5 Oct 2019 04:18
Immigrants will now be required to show they can afford health care before being granted visas
Purdue Pharma blasted for settlement terms that deny Sackler wrongdoing
New York Post - 5 Oct 2019 04:03
Attorneys general representing nearly half the states and lawyers for more than 500 local governments on Friday blasted the terms of Purdue Pharma's offer to settle thousands of lawsuits over the nation's opioid crisis i...
2nd Whistleblower May Come Forward On Trump's Ukraine Call
The Huffington Post - 5 Oct 2019 03:58
Another official with more information on the White House's Ukraine plans is thinking about filing a whistleblower complaint, The New York Times reports.