Kate Spade, designer who built handbag empire, found dead
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kate Spade, the designer who built a fashion empire on the popularity of her signature handbags before selling the brand, was found dead in her New York City apartment on Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide, police said. Spade, 55, hanged...
Hollywood mogul Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of rape and sexual assault, his lawyer said, in the first cases involving the disgraced producer to be tested in criminal court since scores of accusers emerged last year. More...
Deep in the Pentagon, a secret AI program to find hidden nuclear missiles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is increasing spending on a secret research effort to use artificial intelligence to help anticipate the launch of a nuclear-capable missile, as well as track and target mobile launchers in North Korea and elsewhere. The effort...
Voters in California, New Jersey primaries play big role in November U.S. elections
SACRAMENTO, Calif./PRINCETON, N.J. (Reuters) - Voters in competitive congressional districts in New Jersey and California will go to the polls on Tuesday to choose candidates in primary elections that will shape the fight to control the U.S. Congress during the era of...
Film producer Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape: media
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of rape and sexual assault in the first cases involving the disgraced producer to be tested in criminal court since scores of accusers emerged last year, New York news media...
Trump says has power to pardon himself; critics disagree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but has the “absolute” power to pardon himself, echoing an sweeping argument put forth by his lawyers amid the U.S. special counsel’s investigation into alleged Russian...
Trump: China soybean tax, Canadian agricultural products trade barriers unacceptable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Chinese and Canadian trade barriers on agricultural products are unacceptable, as he continues to push Beijing to open its economy further and address its large trade imbalance with the United...
Trump lawyer Giuliani says president probably can pardon himself
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, under pressure from special counsel Robert Muller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, probably has the power to pardon himself but does not plan to do so, his attorney Rudy Giuliani said on...
Giuliani says legal battle would ensue if Mueller subpoenas President Trump: ABC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump said that if the special counsel investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election were to subpoena the president, it would set off a legal battle, according to an ABC News report on...
Bumpy road for California Democrats targeting Republican House seats
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - As Californians prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday to choose candidates in primary elections, the state’s quirky electoral rules and a softening of support for Democrats among suburban voters could disrupt the party’s ambitious plan...