lucky-photographer/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The stock market dipped for the fourth day at closing in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on China and as negotiators had another round of trade negotiations in Washington. The tariffs officially kicked in at 12:01 a.m. Friday, but the U.S. said talks will continue in the morning. …
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May 09
Trump calls for John Kerry to be prosecuted for Iran talks amid heightened tensions
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump went after former Secretary of State John Kerry again Thursday, calling for the former senator and top U.S. diplomat to be prosecuted for meeting with Iranian leaders and “telling them what to do.” It’s an accusation that Kerry strongly denies and that legal scholars question the merits of …
May 09
Stock market dips again as US and Chinese trade negotiators meet
lucky-photographer/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The stock market dipped for the fourth day at closing in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on China and as negotiators have their final round of trade negotiations in Washington. Trump’s top trade negotiators, U.S.Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, met with their Chinese counterparts, …
May 09
Chelsea Manning released from jail after refusing to testify before grand jury
Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Chelsea Manning, an anti-secrecy activist and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst, has been released from jail after a grand jury she refused to testify before expired, her attorneys said Thursday. “Today marked the expiration of the term of the grand jury, and so, after 62 days of …
May 09
Guard at Colorado school shooting may have shot at deputies, wounded student amid chaos: Source
Chet Strange for The Washington Post via Getty Images(HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.) — An armed security guard at a Colorado school may have mistakenly fired on sheriff’s deputies and wounded a student amid a highly chaotic shooting rampage at the campus this week, authorities told ABC News on Thursday. Investigators are probing the security guard’s actions …
May 09
California synagogue shooter faces federal hate crime charges that could bring death penalty
Nelvin C. Cepeda-Pool/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) — John Earnest, the 19-year-old accused of attacking worshipers at a Southern California synagogue on April 27, will face federal civil rights and hate crime charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty. Federal prosecutors made the announcement Thursday in San Diego, 12 days after officials say Earnest …
May 09
Police officers fired 76 shots at suspect while driving through residential California neighborhood, officials say
Fedorovekb/iStock(ANAHEIM, Calif.) — Two California police officers fired more than 70 shots while chasing a suspect through a residential neighborhood last year, which resulted in the suspect’s death, a review by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office found. The officers were called to a home on South West Street on the morning of July 21 …
May 09
US seized N. Korean ship accused of violating UN sanctions
RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images (FILE photo)(NEW YORK) — The United States has seized a North Korean cargo ship that had been operating in violation of United Nations sanctions, federal prosecutors will announce Thursday. The United States seized Wise Honest, a bulk carrier that strayed into Indonesian waters last April, flying a flag from Sierra Leone. The …
May 09
Kim Jong Un wanted ‘famous’ US basketball players as part of denuclearization deal: Sources
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Ahead of the second summit in Hanoi, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un requested as part of the agreement between the countries moving forward that the U.S. send “famous basketball players” to normalize relations between the two countries, according to two US officials. The officials said the request was made in …
May 09
Family car of missing 4-year-old Texas girl Maleah Davis located: Police
Houston Police(MISSOURI CITY, Texas) — Police in Texas say they have located the car used by the stepfather of missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis on the day he claims the little girl was kidnapped by three men who assaulted him and knocked him unconscious. The car, a silver 2011 Nissan Altima, was located Thursday morning in …