Typhoon Hagibis Kills At Least 36 As Rescue Efforts Continue In Japan

Rescue crews continued to search for missing people after a typhoon caused serious damage in central and northern Japan, killing as many as 36 people. Typhoon Hagibis, which hit Japan’s main island on Saturday, unleashed torrents of rain and strong winds that left thousands of homes flooded, damaged or without power. Kyodo news service reported …

Questions Remain After Fort Worth Police Officer Kills Black Woman In Her Own Home

Questions and demands for justice remain after a white police officer killed a black woman, 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, inside her own home in Texas over the weekend.  An attorney for Jefferson’s family, Lee Merritt, said after viewing video taken from a Fort Worth officer’s bodycam during the shooting that “You didn’t hear the officer shout, …

Democrats Subpoena Energy Secretary Rick Perry In Impeachment Probe

Congressional Democrats issued a subpoena for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday, regarding the possible role he played in President Donald Trump’s effort to get Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival. The letter from the chairmen of the Oversight, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees wrote in a letter to Perry, “recently, public reports …

Two Men Associated With Rudy Giuliani And Tied To Ukraine Scandal Are Arrested On Campaign Finance Charges

According to court documents released Thursday, two associates of Rudy Giuliani — who have been linked to his investigations in Ukraine — have been indicted for campaign finance violations. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are accused of using a limited liability company to make political contributions related to American elections, in violation of FEC prohibitions …

U.S. Defense Analyst Arrested After Leaking Classified Information

Federal prosecutors have revealed that an employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency in northern Virginia was arrested Wednesday, charged with leaking top secret information to two journalists, one of whom he was romantically involved with. The Justice Department says Henry Kyle Frese, 30, of Alexandria, Virginia, leaked government secrets involving a foreign country’s weapons system …

Turkey Launches Military Offensive In Syria After Trump Announces Pullback From U.S.

Turkey began a planned military offensive into northeastern Syria on Wednesday, launching airstrikes and artillery fire across the border. The airstrike comes just days after the Trump administration announced it was pulling US troops back from the area. The operation is aimed at pushing Kurdish forces — who were a key ally of the US …

Children’s Book Author And His Family Found Shot Dead In Their Home

A Massachusetts children’s book author has been identified as one of five family members found shot to death in their home. Police  discovered two adults, Joseph Zaccardi, 43, and his wife, Deirdre, 40, dead, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. The couple’s three children, 11-year-old Alexis and 9-year-old twins Nathaniel …

Arrest Warrants Issues For Suspects Of Murder Of Witness In Amber Guyger Trial

Police said on Tuesday that arrest warrants have been issued for three suspects in the slaying of a man who testified at the high-profile trial last month of ex-police officer Amber Guyger in the wrong-apartment killing of Botham Jean. The witness, Joshua Brown, 28, was a former neighbor of Jean.  Brown was gunned down on …

President Trump Signs US-Japan Trade Deal

President Donald Trump signed a limited trade agreement on Monday with Japan, a deal that would win back benefits American farmers lost when Trump pulled out of a broader Asia-Pacific pact his first week in office. U.S. farmers have been operating at a disadvantage in Japan since Trump withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, which …

President Trump Sends Warning To Turkey After Syria Invasion

On Monday, President Donald Trump warned Turkey against “going too far” in Syria, one day after giving Ankara a green light to invade its southern neighbor. The Pentagon pulled back about two dozen of its forces from Syria’s northern frontier, where they serve as a buffer between the Turkish military and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic …