Kanye West sounds off on slavery, his opioid addiction and Trump
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday described slavery as a choice, praised Donald Trump for doing “the impossible” by becoming U.S. president, and attributed his 2016 mental breakdown to opioid addiction. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump...
UK’s Prince Harry and Meghan choose their royal wedding carriage
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry and his bride-to-be Meghan Markle said on Wednesday they were looking forward to the procession through Windsor following their wedding this month, after choosing an open-top royal carriage for the journey. Harry and his U.S....
Trump blasts ‘leak’ of list of Mueller questions to president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized U.S. media reports that U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has compiled a list of more than 40 questions to ask the president as part of his probe into Russia’s election meddling. Special...
Trump campaign aide Manafort sued by bankruptcy trustee over California property deal
(Reuters) - A bankruptcy trustee has filed a lawsuit against Paul Manafort in California alleging that he falsely claimed he was a creditor owed $2.7 million in a failed real estate deal with his former son-in-law. FILE PHOTO Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for...
American actress Ashley Judd sues Harvey Weinstein for defamation, sexual harassment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Ashley Judd on Monday filed a defamation and sexual harassment lawsuit against film producer Harvey Weinstein, alleging that he damaged her movie career after she refused his sexual advances. Actress Ashley Judd speaks at the...
Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials – Reuters/Ipsos poll
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among millennials as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll. The online survey of more than 16,000 registered...
Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Silver faces second corruption trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is expected to go to trial on federal corruption charges for the second time on Monday, seven months after an appeals court threw out his earlier conviction and 12-year prison sentence....
Cosby’s past words on drugs and sex led to conviction: juror
(Reuters) - Bill Cosby’s 2005 admission that he drugged women to have sex with them was the most compelling piece of evidence leading a Pennsylvania jury to finding him guilty of sexual assault, one of the jurors told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday. Actor and...
Weinstein ‘believes he will be forgiven’ by Hollywood: Piers Morgan
LONDON (Reuters) - Movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, believes he will eventually be forgiven by Hollywood, according to television presenter Piers Morgan. FILE PHOTO: Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairman of the...
Trump calls on Democratic senator to resign after VA pick drops out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Veteran’s Affairs committee should resign after the President’s pick to lead the Veterans Affairs department withdrew from consideration amid numerous...