Exclusive: Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.
‘Bobby Three Sticks’ Mueller to probe Russia-Trump imbroglio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former FBI director and prosecutor Robert Mueller, known for his independence in high-profile government investigations, is taking on a new challenge in the midst of a crisis that threatens the presidency of the United States.
Wrestling: U.S. rout undermanned Japan team in Times Square
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Team USA got the better of Team Japan under the neon lights of Manhattan’s Times Square on Wednesday in an annual charity event to benefit youth wrestlers in the New York area.
White Tulsa police officer acquitted over fatal shooting of unarmed black
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – An Oklahoma jury on Wednesday found a white Tulsa police officer not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in a confrontation caught on video last September, stoking a national debate over racial …
Former FBI chief Mueller appointed to probe Trump-Russia ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department, in the face of rising pressure from Capitol Hill, named former FBI chief Robert Mueller on Wednesday as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possib…
Michigan Senate votes to outlaw female genital mutilation
(Reuters) – The Michigan Senate approved legislation on Wednesday making genital mutilation of girls a state felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, both for doctors who perform the procedure and parents who transport a child to undergo the surg…
Former U.S. Navy admiral sentenced to 18 months in bribery scandal
(Reuters) – A former U.S. Navy admiral at the center of a massive bribery scandal was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in prison for choosing “karaoke over character,” U.S. prosecutors said.
Senators from both parties try to ease banking for marijuana businesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday renewed their drive to make banking easier for marijuana-based businesses in those U.S. states where the drug is legal, undeterred by signals from the Trump administration about mai…
Dozens charged in largest-ever Los Angeles raid against MS-13 gang
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police arrested 21 members and associates of street gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, in Los Angeles on Wednesday in pre-dawn raids that were the culmination of a three-year probe, officials said.
Alaska Air to begin service at second Seattle-area airport in 2018
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Alaska Air Group said on Wednesday it plans to begin scheduled flights from a second Seattle-area airport next year, giving it exclusive access to a growing part of the Pacific Northwest’s Puget Sound region.
