Poland has used its powers as a European Union member to ban a human rights Ukrainian activist from all 26 countries in Europe’s Schengen area, saying she poses a security threat following allegations that she works for Russian interests.
Read moreWith all 11 House seats, plus that of Democratic Senator Tim Kaine up for grabs, Virginia is high on the midterm elections watch list. The battles are dotted with allegations of racism, anti-Semitism and even Bigfoot erotica, as pollsters are predicting upsets in in rural and military-heavy parts of the state.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Monday railed against special counsel Robert Mueller in a second day of angry tweets that drew comparisons to Watergate, insisted his general counsel isn’t a “RAT” like President Richard Nixon’s and accused Mueller’s team of “looking for trouble.”
Read moreFormer CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that he is considering taking legal action to try to prevent President Donald Trump from stripping other current and former officials’ security clearances.
Read moreRussia’s military forces in the country’s east were put on high alert Monday ahead of massive war games that also involve China and Mongolia, the largest show of power in nearly 40 years, the Russian defense minister said.
Read moreEngineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge’s strength by 20 percent — a finding that came months before it collapsed last week, an Italian newsmagazine reported Monday.
Read moreThe 92-year-old South Korean woman wept and stroked the wrinkled cheeks of her 71-year-old North Korean son on Monday, their first meeting since they were driven apart during the turmoil of the 1950-53 Korean War.
Read moreA man pleaded to be let into a locked police station in Barcelona before dawn Monday, then lunged with a knife at officers inside. Police shot him dead and the attack is being investigated for any links to terror, authorities said.
Read moreU.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips says it has reached an agreement with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to recover nearly $2 billion it was awarded as part of a decade-old expropriation dispute.
Read moreA federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a challenge by California, Los Angeles and others to the addition of a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded summary judgment for Marcella Winn, a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department who has asserted immunity against claims that she sent a woman to prison for 17 years by suppressing evidence,.
Read moreThree more Navy officers are accused of bribery and conspiracy in the wide-ranging Seventh Fleet defense contract case: Lt. Cmdr. David William Haas, Chief Petty Officer Brooks Alonzo Parks, and Master Chief Petty Officer Ricarte Icmat David.
Read moreA federal judge in Los Angeles approved a settlement Friday requiring the Trump administration to prepare and implement plans to protect eight “wild and scenic” rivers in Southern California.
Read moreAlaska’s elections director said she’s confident the state has enough questioned ballot envelopes and that poll workers will be ready after some Alaskans had their voter registration addresses changed before Tuesday’s primary.
Read moreSlowing activity at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has prompted scientists on Friday to downgrade their alert level for the mountain.
Read moreAfter suing the federal government over a nearly two-year delay in her naturalization process, a South Korean-born U.S Army veteran received notice Friday that she was granted citizenship.
Read moreSpecial counsel Robert Mueller’s office recommended on Friday that former Trump advisor George Papadopoulos serves a sentence of 0 to 6 months.
Read moreThe Washington Post and seven other newspapers sued Maryland Friday over the state’s implementation of a law requiring greater disclosure about the buyers of online political ads.
Read moreA federal judge Friday approved a joint plan by the Justice Department and American Civil Liberties Union to reunify parents who were deported without their kids under the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, though whether they will be allowed to return to the United States to seek asylum remains in limbo.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit ruled Friday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service incorrectly denied endangered listing to a cold-water fish living in the Upper Missouri River Basin in Montana.
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