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FBI finishes report into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh

FBI finishes report into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh

White House has received the report and will send the findings to the Senate.

  • by Jennifer Haberkorn & Sarah D. Wire and Chris Megerian

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Dear Christine Blasey Ford: I, too, was sexually assaulted
Opinion
Sex abuse

Dear Christine Blasey Ford: I, too, was sexually assaulted

I have kept my dirty little secret to myself. Silence for five decades. The molester was our trusted family doctor.

  • by Connie Chung
Seven police officers shot in deadly South Carolina stand-off
Mass shooting

Seven police officers shot in deadly South Carolina stand-off

A suspect opened fire on deputies attempting to serve a search warrant.

Pivotal Republican senators hit Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser
Donald Trump

Pivotal Republican senators hit Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser

The Presidents comments did not impress two wavering Republican senators whose vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be crucial.

  • by Lisa Mascaro
Border Patrol agent starts $11m bushfire at gender-reveal party
USA

Border Patrol agent starts $11m bushfire at gender-reveal party

The off-duty agent was celebrating his wife's pregnancy at a party near Green Valley, Arizona, when a stunt had disastrous results.

  • by Antonia Noori Farzan
'An accomplice of genocide': Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of citizenship
Canada

'An accomplice of genocide': Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of citizenship

Canada's Senate voted unanimously to strip the former Nobel Peace Prize winner of the symbolic honour bestowed on her in 2007.

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Trump built an image of self-made millionaire. Records show a different story
Donald Trump

Trump built an image of self-made millionaire. Records show a different story

What emerges from a body of evidence is a financial biography of the US President fundamentally at odds with the story he sells in his books, TV shows and rallies.

  • by David Barstow & Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner
'An unconscionable attack': US to deny diplomatic visas to unmarried same-sex partners
Same-sex marriage

'An unconscionable attack': US to deny diplomatic visas to unmarried same-sex partners

The move "will have an insidious impact on same-sex couples from countries that ban same-sex marriage," one activist said.

'This woman had no clue': Donald Trump mocks Brett Kavanaugh accusers
USA

'This woman had no clue': Donald Trump mocks Brett Kavanaugh accusers

The president, who days ago said Christine Blasey Ford's testimony was "very credible," ridiculed her at a rally, drawing cheers.

  • by Shannon Pettypiece
Four charged with inciting riots in Charlottesville violence
USA

Four charged with inciting riots in Charlottesville violence

The men, who travelled from California, repeatedly attacked counter-protesters, officials allege.

  • by Katie Benner and Hawes Spencer
Exploding wheelchair wounds FBI agent at house with booby-trapped tub
USA

Exploding wheelchair wounds FBI agent at house with booby-trapped tub

The house on Dreamhill Drive in south-west Oregon was a nightmare waiting to happen.

  • by Niraj Chokshi