From Syria, IS Slips Into Iraq to Fight Another Day
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing the country's fragile security, U.S. and Iraqi officials say. Hundreds — likely more than 1,000 — IS fighters have crossed the open, desert border in the past six months, defying a massive operation by…
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‘Empire’ Actor Goes From Victim to Accused Felon in 3 Weeks
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — The whispers about "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett started with reports that he had not fully cooperated with police after telling authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist, anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck. Then detectives in a city bristling with surveillance cameras could…
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After Surgery, Michael Cohen’s Prison Date Postponed To May
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was granted a few more weeks of freedom Wednesday after his lawyers said he's still recovering from surgery and hasn't had time to get his affairs in order because he's preparing to…
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Police Dismiss Tip Smollett, 2 Brothers Together in Elevator
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Chicago police investigated but dismissed a tip that on the night "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men he was in an elevator of his apartment building with two brothers later arrested and released from custody in the probe, a department spokesman said Tuesday. Police spokesman Anthony…
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Trump criticizes California over lawsuit against border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to criticize California's lead role in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Trump sought to link California's high-speed rail project to his plan for the wall. He claimed the "failed Fast Train project" was beset by…
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