Police were called to the home of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill shortly after a television station aired an audio recording in which he and his fiancee discuss injuries to their 3-year-old son — a case that has gotten the star player suspended and focused attention on a prosecutor’s decision not to file […]
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WASHINGTON — The Russian graduate student who ran a secret operation to influence conservative Americans was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison, ending what prosecutors called a lengthy effort to create inroads with officials potentially useful to Russia in the future. The woman, Maria Butina, 30, pleaded guilty late last year to conspiring
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Thursday by a U.S. judge to less than four years in prison – far shy of federal sentencing guidelines – for financial crimes uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election. U.S.
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Cold War Steve has become a Twitter sensation thanks to his satirical collages that capture the angst and chaos of politics and pop culture. The artist – real name Christopher Spencer – has inspired a group of students from Greater Manchester to make their own collages, and has collaborated with them to make a new
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Image copyright Reuters Lloyds is repaying customers millions of pounds after finding administrative errors dating back to 2012. Nearly 200,000 current and former customers are receiving a share of repayments, thought to total about £6m. That means an average payment of £30. The banking group is writing to those affected – most of whom were
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a new “privacy-focused” vision for social networking. He promised to transform Facebook from a company known for devouring the personal information shared by its users to one that gives people more ways to communicate in truly private fashion, with their intimate thoughts and pictures shielded
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An audio recording of a conversation between Tyreek Hill and his fiancee Crystal Espinal details Espinal telling Hill that their 3-year-old son told investigators that “Daddy punches me.” Wednesday, the Johnson County, Kansas, District Attorney declined to press criminal charges against Hill and Espinal after a child abuse investigation. The audio recording was taken by Espinal while
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Alastair Campbell says he would find it difficult to vote Labour in the European elections if the party does not pledge to hold a referendum on the Brexit deal. Tony Blair’s former director of communications, a supporter of the People’s Vote campaign, told Nick Robinson’s Political Thinking Podcast that it would be an “error of
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The average student debt in 2017 was about $29,000, according to the Institute for College Access and Success. About a million borrowers default for the first time on their federal student loans each year, a report from the Urban Institute found. The latest steps taken by various states may help their financial literacy “report cards,”
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Stormzy says he’s ready to “show the world exactly why [he] should be headlining Glastonbury”. He’s topping the Pyramid Stage line-up on the Friday night this year – but some fans have questioned whether, after just one album, he’s ready. “I’m there because I’m a serious musician,” he told Dotty on the BBC Radio 1Xtra
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