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NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) – The Manhattan district attorney’s office confirmed on Saturday that it is investigating sexual assault allegations against U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat and a leading candidate for governor of the state. The San Francisco Chronicle on Friday reported that a woman who previously worked in Swalwell’s district office …
A federal judge must reconsider the possible national security implications of halting construction of President Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, a federal appeals court ruled on Saturday. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said it did not have enough information to decide how much of the project …
MADRID, April 11 (Reuters) – Israel said on Saturday it had reprimanded Spain’s most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv over the blowing up of a giant effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Spanish town this week. The seven-metre (23-foot) figure was packed with 14 kilograms (31 lb) of gunpowder in El Burgo, a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge must reconsider the possible national security implications of halting construction of President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, a federal appeals court ruled on Saturday. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said it did not have enough information to …
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The room intimidates whether it’s the first gathering or the 20th, so much intellect, achievement and initiative squeezed into a confined space. The uneasiness begins to peel away during initial conversations, then dissipates more during the 1-mile walk to the start of the race. By the time the Tillman Scholars reach …
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy planned to keep his mind off golf as much as possible while awaiting the third round of the Masters. “There’s actually two really good semifinals at Monte Carlo in the tennis. So I’ll watch that,” he said. “We’ve been watching the tennis early in the mornings.” The tennis matches …
WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Saturday that two of its warships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a plan to start removing mines from the vital conduit for the global oil trade. Sending the ships through the strait was aimed at “setting conditions for clearing mines in …
The Trump administration approved major disaster declaration requests for at least seven states this week, according to information released Saturday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, allowing affected communities to access federal support. About 15 requests for assistance from others states and tribes for extreme weather events this year and last seem to be pending, …
VATICAN CITY, April 11 (Reuters) – Pope Leo https://www.reuters.com/world/pope/ on Saturday urged world leaders to end what he called the “madness of war,” in an impassioned appeal as senior U.S. and Iranian officials met in Pakistan nL1N40U01A to discuss ending the six-week conflict. At a special prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica, the first U.S. …
LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – A former Moscow district official serving a long prison sentence in Russia for what he says were trumped-up political charges has declared a “dry hunger strike”, refusing both food and water. Alexander Shestun, 61, is considered a political prisoner by Russia’s Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial – which itself …