In major religion case, U.S. top court sympathetic toward Maryland cross
Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled a willingness to rule that a 40-foot-tall (12 meters) cross-shaped war memorial on public land in Maryland does not represent a government endorsement of religion in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
U.S. top court backs killer who forgot crime in death penalty case
States cannot execute prisoners who are incapable of rationally understanding the reasons for their punishment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, siding with an Alabama man who has suffered strokes and dementia that wiped out his memory of mur…
Factbox: Guilty pleas, indictments abound in Trump-Russia probe
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which may be nearing completion, has already ensnared dozens of people, including several of President Donald Trump’s advisers.
Cohen accuses Trump over WikiLeaks, calls him ‘racist’ and ‘conman’
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that Trump is a “racist,” a “conman” and a “cheat” who knew in advance about a release of emails by the WikiLeaks website aimed at hurting his 2016 Democr…
Donald Trump Jr. signed checks for hush money related to affairs: Cohen
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen will testify to Congress on Wednesday that reimbursement checks issued to him for hush money payments involving women were signed by Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization chief financial office…
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Alabama killer who forgot the crime
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a lower court ruling that had allowed the death penalty for an Alabama man who was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 but in recent years has suffered strokes and dementia that wiped out his me…
In major religion case, U.S. top court weighs Maryland cross case
The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up one of the biggest cases of its current term when it weighs whether a cross-shaped war memorial on public land in Maryland is an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion.
U.S. bars lithium batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is issuing new rules barring airlines from carrying potentially hazardous lithium-ion cells and batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, and setting new requirements for transporting them on cargo planes.
Factbox: Smoke or fire? Contacts between Trump campaign and Russia
Special Counsel Robert Mueller and other U.S. prosecutors have been investigating whether President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign conspired with Russia. Trump and Moscow have denied any collusion.
Russian River flooding in Northern California triggers evacuations
A rain-swollen river in Northern California was overflowing its banks early on Wednesday, after authorities ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents in the area and warned that any stragglers could be stranded.
