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Ken Starr, the former independent counsel whose investigation of former President Bill Clinton’s real-estate investments and extramarital affair led to Clinton’s impeachment, said Saturday that he has “a sense” there will be indictments in the federal investigation into allegations of possible collusion by the Trump campaign in Russia’s efforts to influence last year’s election. “Given […]

A Florida nursing home where a dozen patients died after Hurricane Irma knocked out power has closed and laid off its 245 employees, according to a notice to state officials. The patients, between the ages of 57 and 99, died last month after The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills failed to evacuate them from the […]

The Defense Department has identified the fourth service member killed in an ambush in Niger on Wednesday as 25-year-old Army Sgt. La David Johnson. Johnson was killed by enemy fire in the ambush, the Pentagon said. His body was recovered by US personnel Friday in a remote area of the northwestern African country by Nigerian […]

Lisa Bloom raised a lot of eyebrows for supporting Harvey Weinstein when The New York Times exposed decades of sexual harassment allegations against him. Bloom spoke on his behalf for two days — but now she says she’s done. “I have resigned as an advisor to Harvey Weinstein,” she tweeted on Saturday. “My understanding is […]

The Defense Department has identified the fourth service member killed in an ambush in Niger on Wednesday as 25-year-old Army Sgt. La David Johnson. Johnson was killed by enemy fire in the ambush, the Pentagon said. His body was recovered by US personnel Friday in a remote area of the northwestern African country by Nigerian […]

The outer bands of Hurricane Nate reached the Louisiana coast early Saturday afternoon, with the fast-moving system expected to make landfall as a Category 2 storm late in the evening southeast of New Orleans, the National Hurricane Center and CNN meteorologists said. Wind and rain from Nate pounded Grand Isle and Port Sulphur, Louisiana, as […]

At least 11 people were injured Saturday when a car jumped the pavement and hit pedestrians near London’s Natural History Museum, London’s Metropolitan Police said. A man was detained at the scene and later arrested, police said. A photo on Twitter showed three men holding down another man near a black car. Eleven people were […]

If Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is unhappy with the way that President Donald Trump is conducting his White House, he should resign, and he should do so soon and in a very public way. Over the past few weeks there has been growing evidence that Tillerson disapproves of Trump’s performance in office. The secretary, […]

Vice President Mike Pence is venturing to a place that President Donald Trump has yet to visit since his swearing-in: California. Pence will travel to the predominantly Democratic state Sunday for a fundraising swing, according to a source close to the administration. Meanwhile, Trump will attend a fundraiser in Greensboro, North Carolina, Saturday night, which […]

Pedestrians were injured Saturday after a car collision near London’s Natural History Museum, London Metropolitan Police said. A man was detained at the scene, police said. Earlier authorities had said a man was arrested. A photo on Twitter showed three men holding down another man near a black car. It was unclear how many people […]

When I read that Hugh Hefner had passed away, I was immediately transported to the spring of 1991 in my Aunt Linda’s kitchen on Chicago’s South Side, surrounded by my dad’s sisters, Jennifer, Janis, and, of course, Linda. My mom stood on the side watching them congratulate me on getting my period while the men […]

Pedestrians were injured Saturday after a car collision near London’s Natural History Museum, London Metropolitan Police said. A man was detained at the scene, police said. Earlier authorities had said a man was arrested. A photo on Twitter showed three men holding down another man near a black car. It was unclear how many people […]

The mainstreaming of marijuana is about to get huge boost. Recreational marijuana sales will launch in three states next year, including the biggest one of all: California. It’s already for sale in five states, but the addition of a legal retail marijuana market in California, with its massive economy and population, will dramatically change the […]

The family of one of the 58 people killed in last weekend’s massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas is asking a Nevada court to appoint a special administrator to take control of the shooter’s assets as authorities try to determine the killer’s motive. Attorneys for the family of John Phippen, a 56-year-old Californian who was […]

A number of pedestrians were injured Saturday after a car collision near London’s Natural History Museum, London Metropolitan Police said. A man was detained at the scene, police said. Earlier authorities had said a man was arrested. The museum is in the bustling section of South Kensington, popular with both Londoners and tourists. The area […]

[Breaking news update, 11:02 a.m. ET] Hurricane Nate was expected to be a Category 2 storm when it makes landfall overnight southeast of New Orleans, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. ET Saturday advisory. [Previoius story, 10:40 a.m. ET] Hurricane Nate sprinted Saturday morning toward a likely landfall overnight southeast of New […]

Each night, when the guns fell silent in Iraq, Btoo Allami would invite his friend Nayyef Hrebid over for dinner. The two first locked eyes on a dusty battlefield in Ramadi. After days of exchanging hasty glances amid gunfire, they snuck away one night to listen to Michael Jackson on shared earbuds. The music stopped, […]

Large crowds turned out Saturday in Barcelona to call for dialogue to resolve rising tensions surrounding last weekend’s banned Catalan independence referendum. Dressed in white and holding white balloons to signify a desire for peaceful negotiation, people on both sides of the issue urged regional and national politicians to find a peaceful way out of […]

Lawyers, diplomats and strategists take note: If you’re going to work for Donald Trump, there’s a good chance you’re going to have to squirm. A pattern is emerging for administration officials that goes something like this: a slight, real or imagined, against the boss is followed by reports that the boss is displeased, which is […]

If Donald Trump really thinks the planet is a “mess” as crises churn from North Korea to the Middle East, it would seem illogical to ditch a secretary of state he once praised as a “world-class player.” Yet Rex Tillerson is on the thinnest of ice, estranged from a President who is now furious with […]

President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that he called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday to talk about reviving health care legislation. “I called Chuck Schumer yesterday to see if the Dems want to do a great HealthCare Bill,” Trump wrote. “ObamaCare is badly broken, big premiums. Who knows!” A source familiar with the phone […]

Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial is expected to last several more weeks, but a cryptic comment from the judge presiding over the case has renewed questions about whether it will even go to the jury. “I am very careful because of you know what and that being McDonnell,” Judge William Walls said earlier this […]

Divers have found the head and legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, Danish police said Saturday at a news conference. The freelance journalist went missing after boarding a privately built submarine with its Danish inventor, Peter Madsen, on August 10. She was working on a story. Madsen is accused of killing Wall. He denies the […]

October 7, 2016, started like any regular Friday. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were busy on the campaign trail, early voting was already underway handful of states and anticipation was building for the second presidential debate, which was two days away. But by the end of the day, three unprecedented events unfolded that, in remarkably […]

The Trump administration issued a rule Friday that makes it easier for more employers and organizations to drop coverage of contraceptive services from health insurance plans for religious reasons. Critics say that it is possible hundreds of employers could take advantage of the rule. The rule comes after the administration issued an executive order in […]