Ex-N.Y. Assembly Speaker Silver sentenced to seven years in prison
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday by a federal judge in Manhattan after he was convicted for the second time of corruption charges in May.
U.S. judge skeptical of bid for gag order on Stormy Daniels’ lawyer
A federal judge expressed skepticism on Friday at a request for a gag order from the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump against the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who is suing the president.
California ‘Tasmanian devil’ fire kills 2 firefighters, thousands flee
A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday after high winds drove it into the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations, destroying scores of homes and threatening some 5,000 other dwellings and businesses, offi…
Immigrants’ advocates struggle to confirm U.S. met deadline on families
Rights activists said on Friday they were struggling to find immigrant families to confirm the U.S. government had met a court deadline to reunite “eligible” parents and children who had been separated after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in…
NY judge awards damages over ‘Nina’ caricaturist Hirschfeld’s works
A federal judge has ordered a Manhattan gallery to pay $330,982 in damages to a foundation representing art by the late theater and screen caricaturist Al Hirschfeld for losing 19 of his works and selling reproductions of others without permission.
Judge to hear request for gag order against Stormy Daniels’ lawyer
Attorneys for Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, are expected to ask a federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday to issue a gag order against the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Fast-growing California wildfire kills two, threatens city
A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday as high winds drove it toward the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations and threatening some 5,000 homes and businesses, officials said.
Two dead as raging California wildfire spreads near city
At least two firefighters have died fighting a fast-growing wildfire that sent residents fleeing from the northern Californian city of Redding, where homes and businesses burned and power was cut on Friday, fire officials said.
Raging California wildfire kills one, residents flee city
At least one person was killed in a rapidly moving wildfire that sent residents fleeing from a northern California city where homes and businesses burned and power was cut on Friday, fire officials said.
Trump convenes election security meeting as hacking looms
U.S. President Donald Trump will convene his national security advisers on Friday for a high-level meeting on election security, less than four months until Americans vote to determine whether his fellow Republicans maintain control of Congress.




