Cosby defense lawyers hitting back hard against accusers
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby’s defense lawyers will continue grilling his accusers when his sexual assault trial resumes on Thursday following withering treatment of three so far that featured tears, confessions of drug use and charges of self-promotion....
L.A. prosecutors review 1992 sex assault accusation against Kevin Spacey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing a 1992 sexual assault accusation against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, authorities said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: 71st Tony Awards – Arrivals – New York City, U.S., 11/06/2017 -...
Bipartisan group of senators introduce proposal to protect Mueller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation on Wednesday to protect the office of the special counsel, one day after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump had the authority to fire a special prosecutor investigating...
Zuckerberg resists effort by U.S. senators to commit him to regulation
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business....
Cosby accuser to face cross-examination in sexual assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby’s defense team on Wednesday will cross-examine a witness who says the comedian drugged her for four days and sexually molested her in 1984, as his retrial for assaulting another woman resumes in a Pennsylvania court. Heidi...
British PM, Trumps, Obamas not invited to Prince Harry’s wedding: report
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, his predecessor Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Theresa May have not been invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, royal and British government sources said on Tuesday. Britain's Prince...
Trump resumes attacks on law enforcement after FBI raids his lawyer’s office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump reprised his angry attacks on law enforcement on Tuesday following FBI raids targeting his personal lawyer that were related to a federal investigation into possible collusion by Trump campaign aides with Moscow. In...
FBI raids offices, home of Trump’s personal lawyer: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the offices and home of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, law enforcement sources said, in a dramatic new development in a series of probes involving close Trump...
British PM May not invited to Prince Harry’s wedding: source
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May has not been invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, a British government source said on Tuesday. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May visits Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, April...
Cosby attorneys to lay out comedian’s sex-assault defense case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby’s defense lawyers on Tuesday were set to make their opening statements in his retrial on sex assault charges, a case that is expected to include testimony from a woman who claims his accuser had mused about profiting from...