Day: October 12, 2018

Anthony Weiner scheduled for early release next spring
NBCNews.com
Anthony Weiner, the Democratic former U.S. representative from New York who typed away his career one sext at a time, is scheduled to be released three months early next year from a special medical prison, according to prison records. Weiner, 54, began …
Anthony Weiner, Who Admitted Sexting with Teen, Has Prison Sentence Shortened for Good BehaviorPEOPLE.com Weiner to be released from prison earlyCNN
Anthony Weiner to be released early from federal prisonPolitico
Anthony Weiner reportedly to be released from prison early for ‘good conduct’Washington Times 
Weiner on track for early release 
In Touch Weekly– New York Post 
CBS News
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FBI director defends ‘limited’ Kavanaugh background probe
Washington Post
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray defended his agents’ handling of a background investigation into then-Supreme Court nominee Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, saying that it was “limited in scope” and followed standard procedures. Wray was pressed at a Senate  …
FBI Director Defends Kavanaugh Investigation as ‘Standard’New York Times hearing by …
FBI’s Wray confirms White House limited limits on Kavanaugh probePolitico
FBI Director: Kavanaugh background probe ‘limited in scope’CNN
HuffPost–Wall Street Journal–Newsweek–The Hill
all 123 chief: ‘Usual process was followed’ for Kavanaugh background investigationThe Hill
FBI director says bureau is investigating 5000 terrorism cases across the worldABC News
Washington Examiner–Bloomberg–CNN
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Roberts refers judicial misconduct complaints against Kavanaugh to federal appeals court in Colorado
Washington Post
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday referred more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints filed recently against Brett M. Kavanaugh to a federal appeals court in Colorado. The 15 complaints, related to statements Kavanaugh made during … 
Complaints filed against Brett Kavanaugh are transferred to Colorado court for handlingUSA TODAY
Ethics complaints against Brett Kavanaugh have not been resolved yetCNBC 
exceptional circumstances – DC CircuitDC Circuitall 67 
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New York man wanted to blow himself up on the National Mall on Election Day
NBCNews.com
The FBI has arrested an upstate New York man accused of building a bomb that he intended to use to blow himself up on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Election Day, authorities said Wednesday. Court documents say Paul Rosenfeld, 56, of Tappan …
NY Man Planned Election Day Bombing In DC: US AttorneyPatch.com
Feds charge man charged with constructing bomb he intended to detonate on National MallNewsdayall 57 news articles »

Armed man arrested near California park where camper was shot dead in front of daughters: cops
Fox News
California man shot and killed while on camping trip with his two young girls, 2 and 4, at Malibu Creek State Park campsite. Southern California authorities on Wednesday arrested an armed man near the area where a father was gunned down during the …
Sheriff’s investigators arrest man who may be linked to string of burglaries in Malibu and CalabasasLos Angeles Timesall 33 news articles »

US, Russia astronauts making emergency landing
Phys.Org
U.S. astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), speak prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur …more.
Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocketBBC News
US and Russian Astronauts Blast Off to the International Space StationTIME
Russians ready two-man Soyuz for space station launchCBS News
Space.com –KSL.com
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Rocket Fails, and American and Russian Astronauts Make Emergency Return
New York Times
A rocket carrying an American and a Russian astronaut failed minutes after liftoff Thursday morning, but the two crew members safely made an emergency return to Earth, the space agencies of both countries said. The capsule had parachuted to Earth about …
American, Russian alive after Soyuz rocket headed to space station fails on launchWashington Post
Soyuz rocket failure forces NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonaut to make emergency landingCBS News
US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landingYahoo News
Space.com –ABC News –Fox News –Ars Technica
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F-35 jets: US military grounds entire fleet
BBC News
The US military has temporarily grounded its entire fleet of F-35 fighter jets in the wake of a crash in South Carolina last month. Inspections are to be carried out on faulty fuel tubes. An official report questioned earlier this year whether the F-35 …
All US F-35s grounded worldwideMilitary Times
Military grounds all F-35s worldwide for inspections after September crashWashington Examiner
Pentagon grounds global fleet of F-35 fighter jets after first ever crashSky Newsall 34 news articles »

Virginia judge: Paul Manafort plea deal in Washington ‘highly unusual’
Washington Examiner
The federal judge who oversaw the federal trial against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in Virginia called the plea deal in the District to dismiss the deadlocked charges only after he has finished cooperating with special counsel Robert …and more »

Wall Street dips again, inflation data calms nerves
Reuters
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks steadied slightly after their worst day in eight months on Thursday as a smaller-than-expected rise in consumer prices suggested inflationary pressures were easing, weakening the case for an aggressive campaign of further …and more »

Stock market, after worst rout since February, shifts between small gains and losses
USA TODAY
U.S. stocks appear to be taking a breather in early trading Thursday, vacillating between positive and negative territory after the market’s biggest rout since February the previous day. That drop in U.S. stocks was followed by sizable losses in Asian …
What is behind the global stock market sell-off?Financial Timesall 20 news articles »