Trump court pick tearfully denies woman’s sexual assault allegation
Fighting to salvage his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh angrily and tearfully denied on Thursday a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago after she told a dramatic U.S. Senate hearing she was…
At Kavanaugh’s former school Yale, students transfixed by hearing
In a crowded lounge at Yale Law School, cheers erupted when the middle-aged woman on the TV screen told a Senate panel that she had no doubt that Brett Kavanaugh, a Yale graduate nominated to the Supreme Court, sexually assaulted her when they were tee…
U.S. Supreme Court denies last-minute Texas death row appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal on Thursday and cleared the path for Texas to execute a man convicted of kidnapping a woman and choking her to death while driving.
Kavanaugh accuser ‘100 percent’ certain he assaulted her; he denies it
A university professor on Thursday said she was “100 percent” certain Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her 36 years ago, telling a dramatic U.S. Senate hearing she feared he would rape and accidentally…
At U.S. hearing, Kavanaugh accuser ‘100 percent’ certain he assaulted her
A university professor on Thursday said she was “100 percent” certain that Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her 36 years ago, telling a dramatic U.S. Senate hearing she feared he would rape and perhaps…
U.S. returns $505 million to victims of giant payday lending scheme
U.S. authorities said on Thursday they were mailing more than $505 million of refund checks to nearly 1.18 million people who were victimized in a massive payday lending scheme run by former race car driver and convicted racketeer Scott Tucker.
Broad losses, scant insurance coverage for storm-hit Puerto Rico firms: Fed report
Only a tiny fraction of small businesses in Puerto Rico was fully insured for losses arising from last year’s Hurricane Maria, which hit revenue or raised costs for more than three-quarters of them, according to a Federal Reserve report on Thursday.
Trump court nominee’s accuser tells Congress she feared being killed
A university professor on Thursday detailed her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her 36 years ago, saying she thought he was going to rape and perhaps accidentally kill her, during a d…
Crucial hearing opens for Trump’s court nominee and accuser
A momentous hearing began on Thursday in which a woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, of sexually assaulting her will testify, a session that could determine whether he will be confirmed to the lifetime…
Trump’s top court pick, accuser to face high-stakes hearing
A woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982 will testify at a high-stakes Senate hearing on Thursday that could determine whether he is confirmed or rejected for the nation’s top court.
