Days after reports spread that he is the only leading 2020 Democratic candidate taking lobbyist donations, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg promised to return all donations from registered lobbyists. In an email sent to supporters Friday, Buttigieg vowed to return all contributions from lobbyists, which amounted to $30,250 from 39 individuals. Buttigieg also promised to…
(SAN FRANCISCO) — An Iraq War veteran deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians because he thought some of the people were Muslim, California authorities said Friday. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, faces eight counts of attempted murder for injuring eight people, including four who remain hospitalized. The most seriously injured is a 13-year-old Sunnyvale girl…
Few foreign leaders have tried as hard as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to establish some personal rapport with President Donald Trump. But as the two meet again at the White House and at Trump’s golf course outside Washington, the chances of reaching even a modest agreement to ease trade tensions between the two allies…
(WASHINGTON) — In a quivering voice, Maria Butina begged for leniency, casting herself as a comparative innocent caught up in a massive geopolitical power game. Prosecutors held a dimmer view, saying the 30-year-old Russian deliberately obscured her true purposes while developing backdoor contacts inside the American conservative movement to advance the interests of Russia. On…
A former New York City socialite was convicted Thursday after swindling banks, luxury hotels and her friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by convincing them she was a German heiress with money to burn. Anna Sorokin, 28, who was known among New York’s art and party crowd as Anna Delvey from 2013 to…
Image copyright AFP/ IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY Image caption Prince Hisahito is often guarded by police officers Police in Japan have launched an investigation after two knives were found near the school desk of Emperor Akihito’s 12-year-old grandson, local media report. The knives were discovered on Friday in a classroom at a junior high school attended…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A woman poses with her Ukrainian passport (blue) and new Russian passport (red) in Simferopol, Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is considering extending a scheme that makes it easier for Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship.This week he signed a decree that offers people in eastern Ukraine’s separatist territories…
Brother Stanley was the pastor in charge of the Zion church in the Mattakalappu area of Sri Lanka when the bombing happened.Speaking to BBC Tamil, he recalls meeting the suspected bomber outside the church and inviting him inside after he had enquired at what time the Easter service would begin.The bombings targeted churches that were…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStudents deny claims they cheated on English tests The government is being investigated over its decision to cancel 36,000 student visas due to accusations of cheating on English language tests.The Home Office has also deported more than 1,000 people after its own probe into exam fraud began…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police seized what appeared to be a counterfeit Star Wars Lego set Police in China have uncovered a gang accused of manufacturing and selling $30m (£23m) worth of counterfeit Lego.Officers raided a Chinese toymaker which was allegedly manufacturing fake Lego products in the southern city of Shenzhen, arresting four…