Month: November 2019

A federal judge denied an associate of Rudy Giuliani’s request to lift house arrest and GPS monitoring as part of his bail condition at a hearing Friday. Prosecutors also signaled the brother of Igor Fruman, who’s accused of funneling foreign money to US campaign coffers, “could be involved” in the alleged campaign finance scheme. A

Utah’s governor says his state is ready to take in more refugees. In a letter sent to President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert pointed to Utah’s history as a haven for Mormons fleeing persecution. “Our state was founded by religious refugees fleeing persecution in the Eastern United States. Those experiences and hardships of our

Despite the collapse of its territorial caliphate, ISIS remained a growing and evolving threat even as it lost territory in Syria, a top State Department official said Friday. Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Nathan Sales, speaking just days after the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, said the terrorist organization spread its influence through affiliates and

An airplane crashed Friday afternoon at an air show in Florida, killing the pilot, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said. The male pilot was the only person aboard and no one on the ground was injured, the sheriff said. Snyder’s office tweeted a photo of the turboprop plane and emergency responders. The airplane was part

As part of its investigation into an impurity found in heartburn medication Zantac OTC, the US Food and Drug Administration has found levels of the impurity “similar to the levels you would expect to be exposed to if you ate common foods like grilled or smoked meats.” Laboratory test results showed that, within the human

A former Georgia police officer was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for the killing of a mentally ill, unarmed and naked black man in 2015. DeKalb County Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson gave Robert “Chip” Olsen a 20-year term, with 12 years to be served in custody. Under the sentence, Olsen is

A controversial policy allowing politicians to run false ads on Facebook will extend to the United Kingdom as the country prepares to vote in a historic December election, Facebook confirmed to CNN Business. The policy is being championed by Facebook executive Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom who himself once

The message was cryptic. Just a graphic listing some dates: El Paso, TX: March 26, 2020 Las Cruces, NM: March 28, 2020 Phoenix, AZ: March 30, 2020 Indio, CA: April 10, 2020 Indio, CA: April 17, 2020 That’s enough to send fans of Rage Against The Machine in a tizzy with excitement. Could the band

As House Democrats build their case for impeaching President Donald Trump through a succession of closed-door depositions, a pair of Trump’s closest allies on Capitol Hill are quietly offering guidance to the White House lawyers responsible for crafting the President’s defense strategy. Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan, members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus

Earlier this year, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch who is fighting extradition to the United States and is suspected of having ties to the Russian mob, according to four sources who spoke with Parnas. This summer, Parnas told potential business associates

Google announced plans on Friday to acquire Fitbit, the world’s leading maker of wearable fitness activity trackers. The deal, worth about $2.1 billion, is one of Google’s largest acquisitions. The wearable market is growing quickly. Although Google makes some hardware, including Pixel phones and Nest devices, it hasn’t made much headway into smartwatches and other