CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) – Mexican authorities on Tuesday removed almost 100 Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States from a camp in downtown Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to a Reuters witness, after state police threatened to separate parents from their children. Mexican asylum seekers camping near the Paso
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as the judge threatened to revoke his bail and jail the former film producer after catching him using his cellphone just as jury selection got underway. “Is this really the way you want to end up in jail for the rest
DENVER (Reuters) – The night-time drone flights over parts of rural Colorado and Nebraska that have baffled investigators will now be the subject of a multi-agency task force, federal and state authorities announced on Monday. The drones, or unmanned aircraft systems, have been sighted in northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska over the past three weeks,
(Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan court on Monday for the start of his landmark trial on charges of rape, allegations that helped fuel the #MeToo movement and a reckoning for powerful men accused of sexual misconduct. Once one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers, Weinstein, 67, has pleaded not guilty to charges of
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Europa League – Group Stage – Group B – Celtic v Rosenborg – Celtic Park, Glasgow, Britain – September 20, 2018 Rod Stewart reacts in the stands during the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith (Reuters) – The British rock singer Rod Stewart and his eldest son, Sean, are facing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man accused of going on a machete rampage at the New York-area home of a Hasidic rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration was indicted on Friday on six counts of attempted murder, up from five counts the suspect was charged with previously. FILE PHOTO: A New York Police Department vehicle parks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. appeals court judges on Friday grappled with broad legal arguments by President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to block former White House Counsel Don McGahn from testifying to a congressional committee as part of the impeachment effort against Trump. FILE PHOTO: White House Counsel Don McGahn listens to Supreme Court nominee Brett
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein goes to trial on rape charges next week in Manhattan, lawyers will need to keep an eye out for jurors who want to use the case to make a statement about sexual abuse following the rise of the #MeToo movement, legal experts said. FILE PHOTO:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bernie Sanders raised more than $34.5 million in the last quarter of 2019, the largest three-month haul for a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, while Republican President Donald Trump drew $46 million on the heels of his impeachment, their campaigns said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Julian Castro, Bernie Sanders
(Reuters) – Former National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, who oversaw the explosive growth in the popularity of the game during his 30-year tenure, died on Wednesday at the age of 77, the league said. FILE PHOTO: NBA Commissioner David Stern holds a news conference before Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball playoff in
(Reuters) – A federal judge has temporarily blocked a California labor law meant to take effect from Jan. 1 from impacting over 70,000 independent truckers by granting a ‘temporary restraining order.’ FILE PHOTO: Two freight trucks are driven on the Fisher freeway in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. March 27, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook//File Photo U.S. District Judge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fatal Dec. 29 crash of a Tesla Inc vehicle in Southern California will be investigated by the U.S. government’s auto safety regulator, the agency said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song The
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec. 19 became the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Republican-controlled Senate is due to weigh these charges in a trial in January. U.S. President Donald Trump participates in
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sarah Palin said in an amended defamation lawsuit against the New York Times on Monday that the deep-seated “animosity and ill-will” of the newspaper’s editorial page editor toward her motivated him to falsely link her to a mass shooting. FILE PHOTO: Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin gets off the bus while
FILE PHOTO: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks ahead of a vote on two articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., in a still image from video December 18, 2019. House TV via REUTERS/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Representative John Lewis, a hero of the U.S. civil rights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An assailant who stabbed five people attending a party at an Hasidic rabbi’s home in what New York’s governor called an act of domestic terrorism appears to have been acting alone, police said on Sunday. People gather at Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg’s residence in Monsey, New York, U.S., December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah