WASHINGTON — The Justice Department unsealed charges Thursday against the alleged leader and an administrator of a Russian cyber-criminal gang that U.S. officials say developed and distributed malware used to steal at least $100 million from banks and other financial ...
Read More »Democrats take next step toward impeaching Trump
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is pressing forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday. ”Our democracy is what is at stake,” Pelosi said somberly. “The president leaves us no choice but to ...
Read More »Rochester-area police say they won’t enforce anti-harassment law
ROCHESTER (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Monroe County say they will not enforce a controversial new law that protects police from behavior considered annoying or harassing. The Monroe County bill makes threatening, harassing or annoying police officers or emergency ...
Read More »Fiery disagreements as Trump impeachment hearing opens
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee’s first impeachment hearing quickly burst into partisan infighting Wednesday as Democrats charged that President Donald Trump must be removed from office for enlisting foreign interference in U.S. elections and Republicans angrily retorted there were ...
Read More »Elon Musk tells jurors insult provoked ‘pedo guy’ tweet
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk testified Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literally calling a British cave diver a pedophile when he lashed out on Twitter and ended up in a defamation lawsuit from the man who helped ...
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Read More »Buffalo bishop under fire for handling of misconduct resigns
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone following widespread criticism from his staff, priests and the public over how he handled allegations of clergy sexual misconduct. The Vatican announced the resignation ...
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Read More »Workers fired from Google plan federal labor complaint
SAN FRANCISCO — Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social causes. The former employees said Tuesday they are ...
Read More »Roberts seems to hold key to case over New York City gun law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts appeared Monday to be the key vote in whether the Supreme Court considers expanding gun rights or sidesteps its first case on the issue in nearly 10 years. The court’s dismissal of the ...
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Read More »More prison officers claim beard discrimination in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More correction officers are accusing New York’s prison agency of discriminating when it comes to religious beards. A federal judge last week barred the state prison department from taking any “adverse action” against correctional officers who ...
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Read More »New abuse suits could cost church over $4 billion
NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of ...
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Read More »Key points from new wave of Catholic abuse lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) — Key takeaways from Associated Press reporting showing that new laws in 15 states could clear the way for a deluge of lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church: — Many of the dozen-plus lawyers and clergy abuse ...
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Read More »Settlement clears way for return of man banished from Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. — A man who was banished from Kansas as a condition of a criminal plea deal could be allowed back in the state under a deal struck Monday, civil rights advocates said. The American Civil Liberties Union of ...
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