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US brothel owner elected after death died of heart attack: coroner
Autopsy six months after Dennis Hof's sudden passing found that the 72-year-old had a fatal heart attack following his birthday party.
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Russia probe
Dems mock 'scaredy-cat' GOP, demand Mueller's full 300 pages
Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report on Thursday after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, while President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration based on a four-page summary by his attorney general.
Trump's America
Trump tells faithful Russia probe backers tried to steal power
At his first political rally since the end of the Russia collusion probe, President Donald Trump has accused backers of the investigation of trying to overturn the 2016 election and attempting "illegally" to claim power.
- by Jeff Mason
Trump's White House
How Trump inflated his net worth to lenders and investors
For someone trying to get a true picture of Trump's net worth, the documents Trump distributed were deeply flawed. The question now: were they fraudulent?
- by David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell
Space
Rock on! NASA releases artsy shots of 2 asteroids
Two long comet-like tails are streaming from asteroid Gault, a 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer-wide) world that's spinning so fast it's shedding.
Russia probe
Robert Mueller's report is more than 300 pages, Attorney-General says
The report’s length is likely to stoke Democrats’ concerns that a summary of the special counsel’s findings was not comprehensive enough to settle significant questions.
- by Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
A triumphant Trump, a worried America
This week, Donald Trump had one of the best days of his presidency - US Attorney General William Barr announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had finished his investigation and found there was no evidence of collusion between the US president’s campaign and Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 US election. Is the report an indictment on US democracy, or merely another Trump scandal consigned to the scrap heap?
- by Nick O'Malley
Russia probe
Grand jury in Russia probe 'continuing robustly', says prosecutor
A grand jury that was involved in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is "continuing robustly," a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.
- by Colleen Long
Mass shooting
Gunman opens fire during Seattle rush hour, killing two
Authorities did not immediately offer an explanation for what might have precipitated the shooting.
Anti-vaxxer movement
Parents take children in for measles shots after US county's school ban
The emergency order against anyone under 18 who is not vaccinated is a bid to fight a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last autumn.
Right-wing extremism
'Face of hatred': Man pleads guilty to mowing down protesters with car
A Neo-Nazi who killed one woman and injured 35 others when he drove his car into a group of counterprotesters at a rally in Charlottesville has pleaded guilty to hate crimes.
- by Justin Jouvenal