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Jeff Sessions denies secret meeting with Russians
His impassioned response came after Senate Democrats raised questions about whether Sessions privately met with Kislyak . "You're impeding this investigation", fumed Sen. Executive privilege is a power that can be claimed by a president or senior executive branch officials to withhold information from Congress or the courts to protect the executive branch decision-making process. [Full Article...]
London fire: Baby caught after being 'dropped to safety from tower'
London Fire Brigade (LFB) received multiple calls to the fire which affected all floors of the 24-storey building, from the second floor up. By mid-day, London police said six people had been killed and they cautioned the death toll was likely to rise. [Full Article...]
Healing America: Perhaps Dems, GOP Should Mix Teams in Congressional Baseball Game
Roger Williams , who is said to be in stable condition. The Democrats who practice at Gallaudet University do not have a senior leadership member on their team, and they do not have a security detail assigned to their practice. And while in sports and in life we know it really is "about winning or losing", after today's events, it's about how they'll play the game. Rep. Steve Pearce of New M... [Full Article...]
Merkel assumes United Kingdom to stick with its Brexit plan
May's Conservatives have lost their majority in parliament, party members blamed what one called a " just awful" campaign, training their ire on an election team that highlighted the 60-year-old's flaws by sticking doggedly to an agreed script instead of masking her weaknesses. [Full Article...]
DC police to charge 12 Turkish security agents
American officials strongly criticized Turkey's government and Erdogan's security forces for the violence; the State Department summoned Turkey's US ambassador to complain. The incident provoked a diplomatic scandal, coinciding with the US's announcement to arm Kurdish Syrian militants with small arms and military hardware. [Full Article...]
Family seek 12-year-old girl missing after Grenfell Tower fire
More than 16 hours after the fire started, crews were still trying to douse flames as they sought to reach the top floors. A witness, Samira Lamrani, said she saw a baby thrown from a ninth or 10th floor window of the Grenfell Tower . She says firefighters have only suffered minor injuries. "The more I looked up, floor upon floor". Mickey Paramasivan, who took his children out of the bui... [Full Article...]
London tower block fire death toll of 12 expected to rise
And actor and writer Tim Downie, who lives nearby, said the block looked close to collapse after being completely gutted. Fire services said they received the first call at 00:54 am on Wednesday (2354 GMT Tuesday) and were on scene at the Grenfell Tower public housing complex within six minutes. [Full Article...]
San Francisco UPS shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman
In 2014, a man shot and killed two of his supervisors before turning the gun on himself at a UPS distribution centre in Birmingham, Alabama. " The company is saddened and deeply concerned about affected employees, family members and the community we share ", UPS says in a statement . [Full Article...]
Sessions Avoids Senate Intel Committee Questions Without Legal Reasons - Senator
Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to comment Tuesday on whether he spoke to President Donald Trump about former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the investigation into coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian Federation during the 2016 presidential race. [Full Article...]
Colorado Rockies Select Eight Players on MLB Drafts Second Day
He was the Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year as a freshman in 2015 and has been a fixture in the Jaguars rotation ever since. Hall has committed to going to Texas A&M on a baseball scholarship. He was named a 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game First Team Senior Preseason All-American and to the Southeast - All-Region First Team. McCoy, a former Washington High School and Illinois Central College st... [Full Article...]
Multiple victims in California UPS shooting
He said he ran away as fast as he could. Police say they believe the attack, which was carried out by one suspect, was not related to terrorism. A huge police response has gathered near 17th and Vermont, close to a UPS facility, which seems to be the source of the gunfire. [Full Article...]
Calgary police arrest man after women were filmed and posted on Twitter
Images and videos posted to the account-that had more than 17,000 followers before it was shutdown on Tuesday-appeared to have been taken in well-known locations across Calgary including CTrain stations, plus-15s, Prince's Island Park and the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in April. [Full Article...]
No plan to sack Russian Federation probe head Mueller: US justice official
Ruddy was at the White House Monday to meet with White House aides, but did not speak with the president, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said . "Mr". What is Trump so afraid of in the Russian Federation investigation? Even though it is reported that the president understands how risky firing Mueller will be, those close to him feel that Trump is "so volatile they can not be sure that he won't ch... [Full Article...]
Fed raises key rate and unveils plan to reduce bond holdings
The committee's statement said that inflation has declined recently, although household spending has picked up in recent months. To be sure, the Fed's preferred measure of inflation, the price index for personal consumption expenditure (PCE), rose to a five-year high of +2.1% in February, crossing the FOMC's 2% threshold in the process. [Full Article...]
Macron's party set for decisive majority in French parliament
The far right National Front got just under 14 percent, and the Socialist Party around 13 percent. With an apparent majority in Parliament, the 39-year-old president will be in a strong position to enact his pro-business agenda-although nothing is certain until next week's second-round vote. [Full Article...]
Lions beaten at the death in Dunedin
However, the Highlanders hit back with a try through hooker Liam Coltman from a driving lineout, which was followed by Banks' victor with five minutes remaining after a brilliant scrum won them the penalty . "It's a bit of a hiccup for us". Lions opposite Dan Biggar matched that but winger Waisake Naholo , released from All Blacks duty, put his team 10-3 up. [Full Article...]
Over 200 London firefighters battle North Kensington blaze in 27-story high-rise
Witnesses said that they saw people jumping from the upper floors. Desperate occupants of Grenfell Tower flocked to the windows and screamed for help, many holding their children. "These questions are really important questions that need to be answered", Khan told BBC Radio. James Wood, a witness, told the Telegraph: "The most traumatic part was seeing children at the window screaming ... [Full Article...]
Trump says Scalise shooter is dead
The motive for this shooting is still unknown, according to an AP report . Meehan, who told reporters Scalise's security detail consists of two people and they usually sit in the stands on the first base side, said he had never felt unsafe there before. [Full Article...]
Golden State Warriors Reclaim NBA Championship Title
The party began as soon as Kevin Durant , Stephen Curry and the Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena to clinch their second championship in three years. He led his team to a dominating game-four win in Cleveland. They did it while absorbing some of LeBron James's best punches, and as awe-inspiring as a 16-1 romp through the playoffs might be, this outcome was ... [Full Article...]
In London Fire, Baby Dropped From 10th Floor. Caught Safely On Ground
The fire is thought to have started because of a faulty refrigerator on the 3rd or 4th floor soon after midnight and destroyed flat after flat. "I literally just heard screaming , I saw people jumping out of their windows, the building was literally on fire, the ambulances , the police". [Full Article...]