Factbox: People indicted, convicted, investigated in Trump-Russia probe
George Papadopoulos, a former campaign adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison for lying to the FBI during the agency’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in prison
George Papadopoulos, a former aide to then-Republican candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison after pleading guilty last year to lying to federal agents investigating whether campaign members coordinated wit…
Crews battle for third day to outflank Northern California wildfire
A fierce wildfire that has forced the closure of an interstate highway in Northern California raged for a third day on Friday through explosively dry mountain timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, as crews battled to outflank the flames.
U.S. judge orders 32 Florida counties to help Puerto Ricans vote
A federal judge on Friday ordered 32 Florida counties to provide sample Spanish language ballots that could help more than 30,000 Puerto Ricans, including many displaced by last year’s Hurricane Maria, to cast votes in the November election.
Obama rebukes Trump and Republicans for ‘abuses of power,’ urges Democrats to vote
Former U.S. President Barack Obama assailed President Donald Trump and Republicans on Friday, urging Democrats to deliver a check on the administration’s “abuses of power” and restore a sense of sanity to politics by voting in November’s elections.
Hundreds arrested in multi-day protests of Supreme Court nominee
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in the Senate this week was frequently disrupted as protesters were removed from the hearing room by police, with more than 200 people arrested.
Dallas officer faces manslaughter charge in apartment shooting
A Dallas police officer will be charged with manslaughter after mistakenly entering an apartment she thought was hers and fatally shooting the man who lived there, authorities said on Friday.
Lawyer in $550 million U.S. disability fraud sentenced to more prison
A disbarred Kentucky lawyer who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a record $550 million disability fraud scheme on Friday was ordered to serve an additional 15 years after he fled to Honduras to avoid incarceration.
Lawsuit by ex-University of Michigan student accused of sexual assault is revived
The University of Michigan must face a former male student’s claims that it wrongly refused to let him cross-examine a female student who accused him of sexual misconduct, as well as other adverse witnesses, at a disciplinary proceeding.
U.S. man to admit to sending threatening letters to Trump’s sons
A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he mailed threatening letters containing a suspicious powder to several prominent people, including U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Friday.
