February 2020

D.C. Prosecutors’ Tensions With Justice Dept. Began Long Before Stone Sentencing

WASHINGTON — In the days before they filed the sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s friend Roger J. Stone Jr. that helped plunge the Justice Department into turmoil, the prosecutors on the case felt under siege. A new boss, Timothy Shea, had just arrived and had told them on his first day that he wanted a

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Coronavirus: Venice Carnival closes as Italy imposes lockdown

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAround 50,000 cannot enter or leave several towns without special permission Italian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe. Authorities in the Veneto region said the event would end later on

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