Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger leaves the courtroom after a jury found her guilty of murder Tuesday. Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor, in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder. Updated at 6:22 p.m. ET…
Former Rep. Darrell Issa announced Thursday he will attempt a return to Congress to replace fellow Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who is running for reelection while under indictment for corruption. Former Rep. Darrell Issa, a once powerful chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee who retired last year, says he wants to return…
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock spoke to POLITICO Tuesday as part of a series of interviews with Democrats seeking to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. Here are key excerpts from the hour-long conversation: On getting into the race "I got into this about seven weeks ago. I think I was Taylor Swift’s No. 22. Couldn’t…
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A photograph from the semiofficial Tasnim news agency shows the Stena Impero being seized in July near Bandar Abbas, Iran. Updated at 10:10 a.m. ET After more than two months of detention, the British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran has left the country’s waters and is transmitting its location signal. “We are preparing to leave,”…
The federal agency regulating campaign finance has been rendered powerless heading into the 2020 election cycle, with the resignation of another commissioner leaving it unable to punish violations of election law. Matthew Petersen, a commissioner at the Federal Election Commission for 11 years, plans to leave his post on Aug. 31. There are normally six…
Climate activists take part in a demonstration Monday in London, where police say they’ve arrested dozens of protesters as the Extinction Rebellion group attempts to draw attention to climate change. In London and Amsterdam, in Sydney and New York, and in other major cities dotting the map in between, demonstrators crammed main arteries and were…
Bernie Sanders keeps getting bad news. After Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren seized the spotlight in the first primary debate, the Vermont senator dropped to fourth place in two polls in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa. In some national surveys, Sanders fared just as poorly. And though he raised an impressive $18 million over…
The former Gunners star believes a top-four finish remains the best Unai Emery’s side can hope for this season despite hitting a rich vein of form Liverpool will “rip Arsenal to shreds”, according to Paul Merson, with the Gunners “very fortunate” to find themselves on a 10-game winning run. Unai Emery’s side have offered a…
With Wednesday’s Copa del Rey match against Melilla fast approaching, the Blancos may be forced to scramble for an interim manager Click Here: Australia Rugby Shop Real Madrid’s negotiations with Chelsea over compensation for Antonio Conte’s release have hit difficulties, Goal understands. Conte is Madrid’s first choice to replace Julen Lopetegui, who is set to…