Navy SEAL facing expulsion told proceedings against him stand despite Trump’s tweet
A U.S. Navy SEAL facing a move to expel him from the elite commando force was told on Thursday that the Navy proceedings against him will go forward, despite a declaration to the contrary from President Donald Trump, the sailor’s lawyer said.
U.S. judge rebukes Epstein estate for keeping accusers in dark about settlement
A U.S. judge on Thursday rebuked Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for keeping the late financier’s alleged victims in the dark about a fund that would compensate them for claims of sexual abuse.
Philippine Airlines 777 makes emergency landing at Los Angeles airport
A Boeing 777 bound for Manila suffered an apparent engine failure Thursday shortly after takeoff and made an emergency landing in Los Angeles.
Teen in California high school shooting rampage used ‘ghost gun’ made from parts
A 16-year-old boy who opened fire at his Southern California high school, killing two classmates and wounding three others before shooting himself in the head, used a “ghost gun” built from parts, the local sheriff said on Thursday.
Former Trump adviser says Ukraine meddling theory is ‘fictional narrative’
President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election….
Fire contained at Texas oilfield site, one critically injured
One person was seriously injured in a Midland, Texas, explosion and fire on Thursday involving several storage tanks and a truck used in oilfield operations, city and hospital officials said.
Shifting asylum ‘burden,’ U.S. sends Guatemala first Honduran migrant
A Honduran man flew from El Paso, Texas, to Guatemala City on a nearly empty Boeing 737 on Thursday, the first foreign asylum seeker sent back under a U.S. agreement designating Guatemala as a so-called safe third country for people fleeing persecution…
Bankrupt Insys reaches deal to divvy cash among opioid victims
Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc outlined a deal on Thursday to divide its dwindling cash among governments, insurers, hospitals and individuals who accused the company of fueling the U.S. opioid crisis.
How does impeachment of a U.S. president work?
The U.S. House of Representatives is wrapping up public hearings in its impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump and moving closer to charging him with “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
House panel urges U.S. Supreme Court not to protect Trump financial records
A Democratic-led House of Representatives committee on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to prevent President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm from handing over his financial records that have been subpoenaed by lawmakers.
