Trump tax return leaker asks DC Circuit to audit sentence
WASHINGTON (CN) — An ex-Internal Revenue Service contractor sentenced to five years in prison for leaking President Donald Trump’s tax records to the press argued before a D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday that he should be resentenced because a federal judge had...
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 26 dead in Philippines, with survivors trapped on roofs and in cars
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barreled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response officials said. Floodwaters trapped scores of...
Germany offers money to Afghans to forgo refugee scheme
BERLIN (AFP) — Berlin is offering cash to Afghan refugees in Pakistan if they agree to give up their places on a program for resettlement in Germany, activists said Tuesday. The Afghans were accepted under a refugee scheme set up by the previous German government but...
Californians set to decide fate of mid-decade redistricting
FOLSOM, California (CN) — At exactly 7 a.m. Tuesday — Election Day for Proposition 50 — the doors of Oak Hills Church’s auditorium swung open. “The polls are open,” declared poll worker Bill Parker. “Don’t all come in at once,” quipped Trish Pittman as she propped...
Europe could struggle to mobilize troops, arms in case of war with Russia: Study
PARIS (AFP) — Europe could struggle to mobilize enough troops or quickly produce enough weapons in case of a direct confrontation with Russia, a new report warned Tuesday. The French Institute of International Relations, a top think tank, highlighted Europe’s...
Shein vows to cooperate with France in probe over childlike sex dolls
PARIS (AFP) — Asian e-commerce giant Shein Tuesday pledged to “cooperate fully” with French judicial authorities after an uproar over it selling childlike sex dolls, and said it was prepared to disclose the names of people who bought them. The controversy...
Chase Bank tells First Circuit it’s not liable for investors’ losses
BOSTON (CN) — The First Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could decide how much legal responsibility investment advisers have for clients’ financial losses. Peter Doelger sold his energy audit company for eight figures in 1995 and poured money into a...
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84. Cheney died Monday due to complications of pneumonia...
Groups rip Trump over half-measure SNAP solution
(CN) — A batch of cities, churches, charities and nonprofits blasted the Trump administration on Tuesday over plans to only pay out 50% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for the month of November, as the ongoing federal government shutdown...