Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Evening Edition: Michael Cohen says he worked to silence two women ‘in coordination’ with Trump to influence 2016 election

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Michael Cohen says he worked to silence two women 'in coordination' with Trump to influence 2016 election
The president's longtime personal lawyer, who pleaded guilty to eight violations of banking, tax and campaign finance laws on Tuesday, faces a recommended jail sentence of between four and five years.
Manafort convicted on 8 counts; mistrial declared on 10 others
The jury convicted Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign chairman, on five counts of filing false tax returns, one count of not filing a report on a foreign bank account and two bank fraud counts.
 
Trump threatens clearance of another former official after seeing him in heated TV debate
The president questioned the mental state of former CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd, accusing him of becoming "totally unglued and weird" during a TV appearance.
 
 
Trump denies that he considered restricting Obama's briefings
In a morning tweet, the president claimed he "never discussed or thought of" the extraordinary step.
 
Man charged with killing Mollie Tibbetts is an undocumented immigrant, authorities say
Authorities have announced a first-degree murder charge against Christian Rivera, 24, in the death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbets.
 
Graphic: Who has spoken out after Trump revoked Brennan's clearance
A bipartisan group of former intelligence officials has voiced support for former CIA director John Brennan after President Trump revoked his security clearance. Brennan has been a vocal critic of Trump.
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3-D-printed guns have long raised worries. But printing gun components may be a bigger concern.
The technology still has many limitations for creating completely reliable weapons from scratch, but some enthusiasts have shown how ordinary weapons can be modified with 3-D-printed parts to create untraceable guns.
 
Perspective
Prehistoric college football coaches are killing players. It's past time to stop them.
Heat didn't kill Jordan McNair. The excesses of coach DJ Durkin and his staff did. An NFL player hasn't died from heat exertion in 17 years. You know how many kids NCAA football coaches have killed with conditioning drills in that same period? Twenty-seven.
 
Sen. Collins said Kavanaugh sees Roe v. Wade as 'settled law'
The Republican from Maine, who supports abortion rights, met with President Trump's Supreme Court nominee for more than two hours.
 
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Trump administration proposes rule to relax carbon limits on power plants
The move could keep aging coal-fired plants running longer and slow the decline of carbon emissions in the United States. President Trump will tout the measure at a roundtable in West Virginia.
 
What makes someone Native American? One tribe's long struggle for full recognition.
The Lumbee of North Carolina don't fit neatly into any racial categories, but they have long been living as Indians. The government has acknowledged the Lumbee — the largest tribe east of the Mississippi — as such, yet it has denied them the sovereignty, land and benefits it grants to other tribes.
 
She thought she'd sell her home for nearly $1 million. Thanks to rising sea levels, she's tearing it down instead.
Elizabeth Boineau is one of many homeowners on the front lines of society's confrontation with climate change, living in houses where rising sea levels have worsened flooding not just in extreme events like hurricanes, but also heavy rains and even high tides. The increase is undermining the value of coastal properties, according to three studies.
 
 
No Bryce Harper deal, but Nationals trade Daniel Murphy to Cubs, Matt Adams to Cardinals
With the deal, Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo and his staff are acknowledging that this team did not take off in the three weeks since the trade deadline, and are trying to salvage something for the free agents-to-be on their roster.
 
Plane carrying rapper Post Malone makes emergency landing after two tires blew out on takeoff
The plane, which took off from New Jersey on a flight to London, was diverted to Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y.
 
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