Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Evening Edition: Senior Treasury employee charged with leaking documents related to Russia probe

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Senior Treasury employee charged with leaking documents related to Russia probe
The charges stem from a series of news stories published by BuzzFeed News that described suspicious financial transactions involving Trump associates.
Pompeo hears Turkey's accusations against Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi case
But the secretary of state did not listen to a key piece of the Turkish evidence — audio purported to contain the sounds of the journalist's death.
 
Saudi Arabia transfers $100 million to U.S. amid crisis over Khashoggi
State Department denies any connection between the payment and the secretary of state's visit to the kingdom.
 
 
Special counsel ready to dismiss outstanding counts against Paul Manafort ahead of sentencing
But prosecutors want to reserve the right to retry the former chairman of the Trump campaign on the charges at a later date.
 
Murder With Impunity
He witnessed a murder. Would he tell the police what he saw?
In many homicides, police believe they know the killer's identity but can't get a witness to cooperate. Police in Richmond, which has the highest homicide arrest rate of major cities surveyed by The Post, have developed a strategy to help encourage people to come forward.
 
Record number of families crossing U.S. border as Trump threatens new crackdown
Officials have seen an 80 percent increase from July, after the administration ended its "zero tolerance" policy of separating parents and children at the border.
 
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The Fix: Trump's falsehood-filled AP interview, annotated
The president downplayed his relationship with attorney Michael Cohen and suggested splitting migrant families hadn't been that big a deal, among other topics.
 
Campaign 2018
A growing number of Republicans sound a lot like Democrats ahead of midterms
GOP candidates are co-opting Democratic talking points on issues from health care to teacher pay to the #MeToo movement.
 
U.S. named world's most competitive economy for the first time in 10 years, despite 'weakening social fabric'
The authors of the World Economic Forum report warned that the U.S. economy is under threat from corruption and security and IT issues.
 
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Mega Millions tweaked the odds to create monster jackpots. It worked.
The game has existed in some form since 1996. But only recently has it been shelling out massive jackpots.
 
Perspective
In the shadow of the nation's capital is Bob Ross Inc., where everything is 'happy'
The company that distributes all things related to the popular painter happily opened its doors to a writer who felt the need to get lost in his world of "happy little clouds" and "happy little trees."
 
Oldest fossils or just rocks? Scientists argue over 3.7 billion-year-old structures.
Paleobiology has long been marked by sharp disagreements over what's a genuine fossil or signature of life and what's just a bit of interesting geology.
 
 
Joe Biden, 75, doesn't mind if you think he's too old to take on Trump, a fellow septuagenarian
Although Biden has not yet said whether he'll run in 2020, the former vice president would be 78 by Inauguration Day in 2021. No president has ever taken office at that age.
 
'I AIN'T DEAD': Roseanne Barr reacts to her character's fate after 'The Conners' premiere
The comedian, who was fired from ABC's "Roseanne" reboot after a racist Twitter rant, lashed out at the spinoff.
 
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