Nov 29 Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress By Associated Press President Donald Trump's former lawyer, is pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on a Trump real estate deal in Russia. Continue reading
Nov 29 AP fact check: Trump retweets false claim on immigrant aid By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump is spreading a false claim from supporters that people who are in the United States illegally receive more in federal assistance than the average American gets in Social Security benefits. Here's a closer look at the claim. Continue reading
Nov 29 Syria: West should lift sanctions to help refugees return By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press yria's U.N. ambassador on Thursday urged Western powers to lift crippling economic sanctions against the war-torn country if they are serious about helping millions of Syrian refugees to return to their homeland. Continue reading
Nov 28 World’s best chess players were deadlocked in a match for 3 weeks By Mattias Karen, Associated Press Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defended his chess world championship title by beating American challenger Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in rapid tiebreaker games on Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 28 Before Lion Air plane crashed, pilots struggled to fix faulty sensor By Niniek Karmini, David Koenig, Associated Press Pilots fought against an automated system that pitched a Boeing jetliner's nose down repeatedly because of a faulty sensor until they finally lost control and plunged into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 28 Debt of some U.S. businesses at historically high levels, Fed reports By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press American corporations have elevated their debt loads to potentially risky levels, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in a report that raised concerns about the financial system 10 years after the 2008 crisis erupted. Continue reading
Nov 28 In rebuke to Trump, senators take step toward action against Saudi Arabia By Mary Clare Jalonick, Susannah George, Associated Press Defying President Donald Trump, senators sent a strong signal Wednesday that they want to punish Saudi Arabia for its role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. By a bipartisan 63-37 vote, the Senate opted to move forward with legislation… Continue reading
Nov 28 Stocks make biggest gain in months as Powell hints at slower interest rate hikes By Marley Jay, Associated Press In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Powell said that rates are close to "neutral," the level at which they neither hold back growth nor aid it. That relieved investors who feel the nine-year-old bull market could… Continue reading
Nov 28 Could being born in August make an ADHD diagnosis more likely? By Laura Santhanam More than 6 million of U.S. children have been diagnosed with ADHD, the most common neurobehavioral disorder during childhood. And this number has doubled in less than two decades. Continue reading
Nov 28 Trump: Manafort pardon ‘not off the table’ By Associated Press In an interview with the New York Post on Wednesday, President Trump asked rhetorically: "Why would I take it off the table?" There are new questions about what Paul Manafort knows and what prosecutors say he might be attempting to… Continue reading