Cosby accuser to ask U.S. appeals court to revive defamaton lawsuit
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court will on Wednesday weigh whether to revive a lawsuit by an actress who said Bill Cosby defamed her by calling her a liar after she claimed the comedian raped her. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston is scheduled to...
Swiss probe rape allegation against Roman Polanski
ZURICH (Reuters) - A former German actress and model has told Swiss authorities that film director Roman Polanski raped her at his mountain chalet in 1972 when she was 15 years old, local prosecutors said on Wednesday. A lawyer for the 84-year-old French-Polish film...
Trump administration backpedals on citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. official told Congress on Tuesday it would be “rational” to legislate a path for citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children, but within hours the administration backtracked, saying his comments did not...
Trump administration backs citizenship path for ‘Dreamers’: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration would support legislation allowing illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to gain lawful permanent status and eventually citizenship, a Department of Homeland Security official said in testimony to...
Foreign government code reviews ‘problematic’: White House cyber official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allowing foreign governments to require reviews of software secrets of technology products built by U.S. companies is “problematic,” the top White House cyber security official said on Tuesday, adding that the increasingly common arrangements...
The press, branded the ‘enemy’ by Trump, increasingly trusted by the public: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are increasingly confident in the news media and less so in President Donald Trump’s administration after a tumultuous year in U.S. politics that tested the public’s trust in both institutions, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll...
Arguments begin in major U.S. Supreme Court voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday in a case that could influence U.S. politics for decades, weighing a Wisconsin dispute over the legality of electoral districts drawn by Republicans that tightened their grip their power....
Tom Petty, ‘distinctively American’ rocker, dies aged 66
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. rocker Tom Petty, whose vibrant guitar riffs, distinctly raw, nasal vocals and slick song lyrics graced such hits as “Refugee,” “Free Fallin’” and “American Girl,” has died following a heart attack. He was 66. Petty suffered...
Guitarist Caleb Keeter rethinks gun control after Vegas shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American country music stars expressed horror after Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas turned a three-day open-air festival into a scene of carnage, and one said it forced him to change his opposition to gun control. The Route91 Harvest...
U.S. Interior Dept. watchdog launches probe into Zinke’s travel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Interior Department’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travels after reports emerged last week that he had used a private plane owned by an oil executive, the inspector general’s office said on...