Phone firms to strike back against robocallers in deal with all 50 U.S. states
AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and 10 other large phone companies have struck an agreement with 51 attorneys general to enact technology to block robocalls before they reach consumers. The deal, ...
Prison staff subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein suicide probe, source says
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed up to 20 staff members at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, amid mounting evidence that guards failed to keep watch on the financier as ...
Spanish tourist hot-spot Barcelona sees 30% spike in muggings
Robberies involving violence or intimidation have spiked sharply in Barcelona, one of Europe's most attractive summer vacation destinations, Spanish police officials said. Officials from the regional police force for Catalonia said ...
Sniper at large after LA-area deputy is shot outside sheriff's station
A shooter remained at large after wounding a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy in a sheriff's station parking lot in the Mojave Desert city of Lancaster, authorities said. A search of the area concluded early Thursday without finding a suspect, said Deputy Morgan Arteaga, a ...
Key Robert Mueller cooperator Rick Gates testifies in trial of DC lawyer
Rick Gates, a key cooperator in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, testified Thursday against a prominent Washington attorney accused of concealing from the Justice Department work done for the Ukrainian government. Gates, a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty last ...
Jeffrey Epstein may have gamed system from beyond grave with $577 million locked in trust fund
The will that Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than $577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for his dozens of accusers to collect damages. Estate lawyers and other experts say prying ...
Trump says he is seriously looking at ending 'birthright citizenship'
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of noncitizens and people who immigrated to the United States illegally. Trump has made cracking down on immigration a central plank of his ...
Two injured as gunmen ambush French rapper Booba's video shoot
At least two people were injured after gunmen ambushed a video shoot involving French rapper Booba, authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest incidence of violence marring the suburbs of Paris. Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said around 15 individuals — some armed ...
Canadian teen murder suspects left final video message before committing suicide, report says
Two teen murder suspects who led police on a manhunt through the Canadian wilds this summer recorded a video message before apparently taking their own lives, local media said Tuesday. Federal police would not confirm the video's existence. Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, were ...
A truck driver has been arrested after saying he would commit a mass shooting at a church in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities say in newly filed court records. Thomas Matthew McVicker was apprehended in Indianapolis before the plan could be carried out, according to court papers ...
French model-scouting tycoon at heart of Jeffrey Epstein scandal accusations
A formerly powerful French modeling tycoon has emerged as a key figure in the scandal surrounding U.S. multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in jail while facing charges of sexually trafficking minors. Jean-Luc Brunel, regarded as a close friend and ally of the disgraced U.S. ...
U.S. House panel says 'time is of the essence' in Trump tax return fight
A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday urged a federal judge to quickly resolve its bid to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns, which the Trump administration has refused to turn over. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of ...
