Mar 23 Lawyer’s office shot at after cop’s acquittal in teen death By Ramesh Santanam, Mark Scolforo, Associated Press Gunshots were fired overnight through the window of the attorney who defended a white police officer acquitted Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager. Continue reading
Mar 23 Battle over Mueller report to be pressed by Democrats By Mary Clare Jalonick, Mark Sherman, Associated Press Within minutes of receiving notification that special counsel Robert Mueller had turned over his report on the Russia investigation, congressional Democrats were calling for the report to be fully released, including the underlying evidence. They have threatened subpoenas if it… Continue reading
Mar 23 In a plain envelope, a monumental message: Mueller’s done By Associated Press The probe had taken nearly two years and imperiled a presidency. It divided Washington, delivered charges against 34 people and drew the wrath of President Donald Trump. Speculation about its findings, and when they would be delivered, had consumed Washington… Continue reading
Mar 23 Nation awaits key findings as Mueller wraps up Russia probe By Associated Press Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency. The Justice Department was expected to release the main findings as soon… Continue reading
Mar 23 U.S.-backed Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State By Philip Assa, Andrea Rosa, Maya Arelluzzo, Associated Press U.S.-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants, marking the end of a brutal self-styled caliphate the group carved out in large parts… Continue reading
Mar 17 Serbia president vows to defend law and order amid protests By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Serbia’s president pledged on Sunday to defend the country’s law and order a day after opposition supporters stormed the national TV station protesting what they said is his autocratic rule and firm control of the media. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 5:55 Uncovering the history of Earth’s climate By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo, Theresa Lewis To understand the history of climate change, researchers are digging underneath the ocean floor where organisms and plants have accumulated in sediment over millennia. Maureen Raymo studies this science of paleoclimatology using a vast collection of materials at Columbia University’s… Continue watching
Mar 17 AP fact check: O’Rourke on climate, Trump on ‘no collusion’ By Calvin Woodward, Seth Borenstein, Hope Yen, Associated Press Judge Amy Berman Jackson, while sentencing Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, reminded her courtroom — and indirectly the president — that Manafort’s trial was unrelated to questions of collusion with Russia. “Court is one of those places where facts… Continue reading
Mar 17 Ethiopia minister: Clear similarity between two crashes By Elias Meseret, Associated Press Preliminary data retrieved from the flight data recorder of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shows “a clear similarity” with an earlier disaster in Indonesia, Ethiopia’s transport minister said Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 17 Softer, processed foods changed the way ancient humans spoke By Steven Moran, Balthasar Bickel, The Conversation Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected neolithic human beings' jaws – and allowed new language sounds to emerge. Continue reading