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Duncan Hunter to plead guilty in campaign finance scandal, leave Congress – Los Angeles Times
After years of denials and claims that he was the target of a political witch hunt, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday morning to plead guilty in a sweeping campaign finance investigation. The announcement was posted on the U.S. District Court docket Monday morning, then …
The Supreme Court hears its first gun-rights case in a decade – Taking up arms
The conservative majority seems ready to add muscle to the Second Amendment STRONGER GUN-CONTROL laws are a priority for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. All favour universal background checks and a renewal of the ban on assault weapons, which expired in 2004. Several contenders support compulsory federal licences for gun-owners …
Antiquities Expert Charged With Trafficking in Cambodian Artifacts – The New York Times
Prosecutors say Douglas A. J. Latchford, 88, a dealer in and collector of Southeast Asian antiquities, falsified documents to make looted treasures easier to sell on the art market. Investigators have charged Douglas A. J. Latchford, a leading expert on Khmer antiquities, with smuggling looted Cambodian relics and helping to …
$26 Million in Missing Paychecks, One Mysterious Swindler Charged – The New York Times
When MyPayrollHR shut down, thousands of companies and a quarter of a million workers were left in the lurch. Nicole Ingram was at the supermarket when she got a confusing text. Her payroll check for working as a nursing assistant in New Jersey, which had been deposited into her account, was being withdrawn. …
Elon Musk, Accused of Defaming Cave Explorer, Must Stand Trial, Judge Says – The New York Times
The explorer had filed a lawsuit last year after Mr. Musk accused him of being a “pedo guy.” Mr. Musk wanted the case thrown out. A federal judge delivered a pair of legal setbacks to the tech billionaire Elon Musk this week, rejecting Mr. Musk’s attempt to throw out a …
Stop! Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way – The New York Times
You might want to think twice before plugging in at an airport or on the train. A dead or dying phone or laptop is enough to send anybody on a mad dash to find a way to charge the device, but you might want to think twice before using that …
Return of the ring: stolen Oscar Wilde friendship band recovered – Reuters
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Oxford University said on Monday a golden ring given by Irish author Oscar Wilde to a close friend will be returned almost two decades after it was stolen from Magdalen College where he studied. Dutch art detective Arthur Brand recovered the ring and it will be handed …
Roger Stone’s Crimes | The New Yorker
Roger Stone is now a convicted felon, which is one honorific he had avoided during his decades of tumultuous public life. He was convicted on Friday of witness tampering and making false statements to the House Intelligence Committee, on an indictment obtained earlier this year by the office of the …
Myanmar government urged to scrap colonial-era law on gay sex | News | Al Jazeera
Myanmar one of more than 40 countries where laws introduced by British entrench discrimination against LGBT people. Yangon, Myanmar – Khin Maung Htun, a gay man in Myanmar, was standing on the street one night last year scrolling through his phone when police showed up to arrest some men who had been …
How Estonia became the drug-overdose capital of Europe – Daily chart
The country is in the grip of a deadly opioid epidemic ESTONIA HAS a lot going for it. The tiny Baltic state of 1.3m people has been touted as the most advanced digital society in the world; it boasts an adult literacy rate of 99.8%; it is sporty too, with …
