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Cop at frat brothers' hearing: Pledge 'looked like a corpse'
Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller and the defense lawyers began to simultaneously speak at the judge regarding his decision. Surveillance video played at a hearing for 18 Penn State fraternity members accused in the death of a pledge shows the sophomore in apparent agony in the hours after falling down basement steps. [Full Article...]
President Trump pleased with Sessions testimony
The attorney general confirmed elements of Comey's dramatic testimony before the same panel last week while disputing others. Sessions repeatedly refused to discuss private conversations with Trump on a wide variety of topics. "I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegations", he said. Rosenstein's memo to Sessions about Comey was originally used to j... [Full Article...]
Robert Mueller investigating Trump for obstruction of justice
Sessions appeared before the Senate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into possible ties between Trump campaign officials and Russian Federation. U.S. President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified officials. [Full Article...]
Ed Gillespie wins GOP nomination, will face Northam
Republican Ed Gillespie won his party's nomination to be his party's candidate for Virginia Governor. The Republican primary races, by contrast, were significantly closer, with governor candidates Edward W. But then Perriello, a one-term congressman who lost in the 2010 GOP wave, threw his hat into the race in January, running on a very anti-Trump platform. [Full Article...]
Sessions's Testimony Clears Sessions (But Not Trump)
But Sessions' testimony did little to clear up suspicion about potential collusion between USA president Donald Trump's campaign staff and Russian officials, because the attorney general often stopped short of saying definitively that something did or did not happen, and seemed imply he had a limited memory of events that occurred just a year ago. [Full Article...]
Vermont's Congressional Delegation Responds To Virginia Shooting
The alleged gunman, who according to President Donald Trump was neutralised, has been identified as by Federal law enforcement officials as James Hodgkinson , 66, of Belleville, Illinois. Brooks said the return fire distracted the gunman until he was downed by the officers. He said he and his colleagues are secure. The department is investigating the shooting, which went on for about 10 minu... [Full Article...]
North Korea freed, sentenced to prison, American student
Rodman said the issue of several Americans detained by North Korea is "not my goal right now", in remarks made in Beijing before the release of Warmbier was publicly disclosed. In Warmbier's hometown of Wyoming, just outside of Cincinnati, residents helped tie blue and white ribbons, Wyoming High School's colors, to trees and said news of his release had sent waves of shock and joy through the ... [Full Article...]
Robert Mueller investigating Donald Trump for possible obstruction of justice
Mueller is overseeing a host of investigations involving people who are or were in Trump's orbit, people familiar with the probe said . That wasn't enough. Comey endorsed Mueller's appointment when he appeared last week before the Senate Intelligence Committee, further angering Trump and his staff. In an unorthodox move, Great America Alliance, an offshoot of a pro-Trump super PAC devoted to ... [Full Article...]