Month: November 2019

Police breached a Hong Kong university campus held by protesters early Monday after an all-night siege that included firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons. Anti-government protesters have barricaded themselves inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University for days. Police surrounded the area Sunday night and began moving in after issuing an ultimatum for people…

By Michael Holden and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – A sex claim scandal involving Prince Andrew overshadowed Britain’s election campaign on Monday when Queen Elizabeth’s second son faced a backlash after a rambling denial of accusations he had sex with a teenage girl. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his main opponent, Labour Party leader Jeremy…

Three teenagers posed as boys on a popular dating app and invited overtures from adult men seeking sex. That led to an exchange of encrypted messages, some containing lewd photographs of the men. The teenagers, acting as a self-deputized predator patrol, then asked to meet at a Walmart in Alabama. When it came time for…

As the public hearing phase of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump enters its second week, the House Intelligence Committee is set to hear testimony from nine witnesses. While each of the members of the administration are expected to shed light on Trump’s efforts to procure a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden,…

Welcome to 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race with one key takeaway every weekday and a wrap-up each weekend. Reminder: There are 77  days until the Iowa caucuses and 351 days until the 2020 election. Much fuss has been made in the media about the potential downsides of impeachment for both…

Patrick Frazee found guilty of killing missing fiancee Kelsey Berreth; sentenced to life without parole originally appeared on abcnews.go.com A Colorado man has been convicted of killing 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth, who was his fiancee and the mother of his young daughter, following a dramatic trial that brought bombshell testimony from witnesses, including a fellow inmate…

The third day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump are underway, with Jennifer Williams, senior adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, testifying before the House Intelligence Committee in an open session. They’ll be followed by Kurt Volker,…

Romain Grosjean got a try out a brand new piece of technology at the Canadian Grand Prix last weekend. The Haas driver was asked to wear a pair of ‘camera glasses’ during his installation lap at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Friday morning. Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly had previously been given the glasses to try…

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel believes the headwinds blowing across Le Castellet were a precious ally when he came to charging back through the field on Sunday. Vettel salvaged fifth place in the French GP after colliding with Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas on the opening lap, a move that put both drivers out of contention for a race…

Two-time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen sees many shades of his great rival Michael Schumacher when studying the style of Sebastian Vettel. As McLaren and Ferrari stalwarts, Hakkinen and Schmacher enjoyed many great battles together, and is reminded of his former nemesis when watching Vettel, the great German’s countryman. “I first think of Sebastian’s driving…