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WASHINGTON — There is no evidence that the FBI planted a “spy” on President Trump’s 2016 campaign, a senior House Republican said Wednesday, directly contradicting Trump’s repeated insistence that the agency inserted a “spy for political reasons and to help Crooked Hillary win.” Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Oversight Committee and a longtime Trump supporter, was briefed last week by the Justice Department and FBI following reports that investigators relied on a U.S. government... Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on action in the Illinois state Capitol (all times local): 4:20 p.m. The Illinois House has sent the governor legislation expanding graduate student unions to include research assistants. The 66-49 vote Wednesday followed heated discussion on whether research counts as work. State law allows students who work as teaching assistants to unionize but not those who work as research assistants. Rep. Will Guzzardi is the sponsor. The Chicago Democrat says those who perform... Читать дальше...

Tim Pastore is stepping down from his post as President of Original Programming and Production at National Geographic Channel, CEO Courteney Monroe announced in a note to staff Wednesday. “It goes without saying that Tim was an instrumental part of our transformation, and I will be forever grateful to Tim and his team for dedicating themselves to our new programming vision,” Monroe wrote. “I want to wish Tim all the best in his new pursuits, and I take him at his word that our paths will cross again... Читать дальше...

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is seeking to overturn a civil judgment finding him responsible for killing his mother, arguing Wednesday that new evidence suggests another suspect shot her during a farmhouse robbery. At an unusual civil trial in December, jurors held Jason Carter responsible for Shirley Carter's 2015 shooting death and ordered him to pay $10 million in damages to her estate. Jason Carter had argued that his father, Bill, was likely responsible for shooting the woman in the kitchen of their rural Lacona home. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities said Wednesday an arsonist started a fire that caused $55 million in damage last month to an apartment building under construction. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the April 24 fire in Concord, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of San Francisco, is the latest in a string of arsons at construction sites in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2016. The ATF on Wednesday released surveillance video of a suspect it believes started the latest fire. Читать дальше...

BELLEVUE, Washington, EE.UU. (AP) — Una compañía del área de Seattle retiró de su plataforma en internet un juego de video que trata de tiroteos escolares, luego de una ola de críticas. “Active Shooter” fue retirado días antes de su lanzamiento en el mercado de videojuegos Steam. Valve Corp., compañía matriz de Steam, dijo el martes que iba a quitar el juego porque el creador tiene “antecedentes de abuso hacia los consumidores”. El juego fue creado por Revived Games, publicado por Acid y liderado por una persona llamada Ata Berdiyev. Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (all times local): 4 p.m. A former federal prosecutor says that an agreement to drop a criminal case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens when he resigned is a "fair resolution" to the case. Jean Paul Bradshaw II said Wednesday that the St. Louis city prosecutor's office accomplished the "greatest public benefit" it could with Greitens' departure from office. Bradshaw is a Kansas City attorney who served as U.S. Читать дальше...

Last week, the FBI recommended rebooting home and small office routers that could have been infected with malware, allegedly by sophisticated state-backed Russian hackers. An estimated half million routers and network-attached storage devices have been infected. But even the FBI acknowledges this step will only “temporarily disrupt” the malware. Here are some questions and answers about the situation: Q: How can I tell if my router is infected? Читать дальше...