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Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper to Leave Utah Prison Wednesday
Barzee will be on supervised release for five years, said Eric Anderson, deputy chief US Probation Officer for Utah. Barzee will be out of prison on Wednesday, something Smart is strongly against. The woman who helped her husband, Brian David Mitchell , kidnap and sexually assault a teenage Elizabeth Smart , 30, over a nine-month period in 2002, will taste freedom again , and that has left El... [Full Article...]
Republicans press for Kavanaugh vote if accuser won't testify
In New Hampshire, state Representative Norman J. Silber made waves Monday when he published a letter in the Laconia Daily Sun newspaper, writing a mock confession that he shared a "closed-mouth kiss or two" with a girl during a high school game of spin the bottle. [Full Article...]
India approves ban on instant divorce
The Supreme Court outlawed the practice last year, but Modi's government wants to make it a non-bailable offence carrying a jail term of up to three years, following protests by Muslim women. But the Modi government is avoiding this. The bill presented in the Rajya Sabha included three changes. He accused the Centre of using the triple talaq debate as a "political dootball" for the sake of "fa... [Full Article...]
Chuck Grassley: Kavanaugh accuser has not yet agreed to testify
Kavanaugh has categorically rejected the claims. But Walsh, like McConnell and Kremer, has turned Ford's accusation into an opportunity to play partisan politics, posting on Twitter, "So Dems waited until the very last minute to drop this dirt, and now they want to wait again to hear from her?" Democrats said they wanted more time for the FBI to investigate - and more witnesses besides Kavanau... [Full Article...]
Grassley says there's 'no reason for any further delay' on Kavanaugh hearing
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation should not investigate a California professor's allegations of sexual assault against Trump's pick for U.S. He told committee members he had nothing more to add. "I feel so badly for him that he's going through this, to be honest with you, I feel so badly for him", said Mr Trump during a news conference w... [Full Article...]
North and South Korea make breakthrough agreement
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he will also visit the South Korean capital of Seoul by the end of the year. "Thanks to that meeting, the situation around the Korean Peninsula has stabilized, and we can now expect more progress", Kim said at the start of a two-hour meeting with Moon at the headquarters of the ruling Workers' Party, according to pool reports from South Korean journalists i... [Full Article...]
Nawaz Sharif, Daughter To Be Released; Pak Court Suspends Jail Sentence
Sharif, 68, daughter Maryam, 44, and his son-in-law were arrested in Lahore on July 13 soon after they arrived in Pakistan from London. Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar were convicted in July by an anti-corruption court of not being able to prove the source of assets used to purchase a set of upmarket London flats. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick ready to testify over sex assault allegation
On whether the vote should be delayed, Collins was only willing to tell CNN she would "be talking with my colleagues, but I really don't have anything to add at this point". "I'd like to see a complete process", he said. "Judge Kavanaugh looks forward to a hearing where he can clear his name of this false allegation ". [Full Article...]