Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump announced unexpectedly Thursday that he is granting a full pardon to Dinesh D'Souza, the conservative author and filmmaker who pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance laws in 2014 after he was indicted earlier that year on charges that he illegally used straw donors to contribute to Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long in New York in 2012. "Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!" Trump tweeted. Trump, who signed the paperwork formally pardoning D'Souza before announcing it on Twitter, had never met or spoken with D'Souza before this week. He told reporters aboard Air Force On
President Donald Trump is hoping to effectively ban sales of Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and other German cars, according to reports from a German magazine. A report in WirtschaftsWoche cites unnamed diplomatic sources who say Trump told French president Emmanuel Macron he would maintain his trade policy “until no Mercedes models rolled on Fifth Avenue in New York.” The trade policy would seemingly affect any German automaker, though, putting sales of Porsche and Volkswagen (and its Audi luxury division) at risk as well as Daimler. Trump began pushing for heavy tariffs (as much as 25%) on car imports a week ago. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said at the time “there is evidence suggesting that
Washington (CNN) Kim Kardashian West will meet with officials, including senior adviser Jared Kushner, at the White House on Wednesday to discuss prison reform, a person familiar with the plans says. During the White House press briefing Wednesday afternoon, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed Kardashian West's meeting. Sanders wouldn't provide many more details, only saying, "She is expected to be here at the White House. I can confirm she'll be here. We'll keep you posted on any meetings that take place and what those look like." It's not clear if Kardashian West will meet with President Donald Trump. The entrepreneur and reality television star has advocated for a pardon f
Bryan Colangelo issued a statement Tuesday after The Ringer's Ben Detrick published an extensive investigation regarding the Philadelphia 76ers general manager's alleged use of burner Twitter accounts to criticize players, head coach Brett Brown and executives. The report, which details the trends of five different Twitter accounts, includes mention of an account with the handle @phila1234567. Colangelo confirmed that account, which is protected and does not actively tweet, belongs to him. However, he denied that he was involved with any of the other accounts: "Like many of my colleagues in sports, I have used social media as a means to keep up with the news. While I have never posted anythi
(Baton Rouge) When Elijah Precciely enrolls in the honors college at Southern University next year he will have already published a book and submitted five patents for his inventions. When he graduates, he will just be learning to drive. The home-schooled 11-year-old from Baton Rouge has always shown an extraordinary amount of curiosity and a sharp ability to learn, asking his mother about all the bones in a human body and how taxes work by the time he was 3 years old. By the time he was 5 years old, Elijah preached his first sermon and was a guest on WTQT 106.1 FM radio station, where he now has his own weekly show. He started taking classes at Southern University when he was 8 years old. "
CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) - Charlotte city councilwoman Lawana Mayfield is not backing down on her Twitter comment comparing police to terrorists, and took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to defend herself and share other thoughts on the matter of police brutality. Mayfield spoke briefly with FOX 46 Charlotte on Wednesday after a comment she made in March on a deadly officer-involved shooting in Sacramento resurfaced. She immediately began receiving flack for using the term "terrorist" and "blue uniforms" in the same sentence. Sending another with with the dictionary definition of "terrorist," saying she has "defended good officers," and "will not turn a blind eye to bad ones." Mayfield's di
Paris (CNN) A young Malian migrant who rescued a child dangling from a balcony will be made a French citizen and has been offered a job by the Paris fire brigade, the office of the French presidency said. Video of the rescue showed 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama climbing up four floors of the apartment building in just seconds to rescue the child, to cheers from onlookers. By the time Parisian emergency services arrived at the building, he had already pulled the child to safety. President Emmanuel Macron invited Gassama to the Élysée Palace on Monday, where he was given a certificate and a gold medal for performing an act of courage and dedication. Gassama told Macron: "I didn't think about it
NEW YORK - (AP) - Roseanne Barr has apologized for suggesting that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes." Barr on Tuesday tweeted to Jarrett that she was sorry "for making a bad joke" about her politics and her looks. Jarrett, who is African-American, advised Barack and Michelle Obama. Barr's now-deleted tweet read: "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a babyvj." It was part of a busy period on Twitter for Barr, who wrote tweets or retweeted attacks on Michael Moore, Chelsea Clinton and George Soros. In her apology, Barr said the Jarrett comment was "in bad taste." ABC, which produces Barr's show, "Roseanne," di
ABC star Roseanne Barr is apologizing and says she’s quitting Twitter after sending a racist and Islamophobic tweet targeting former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. In the midst of a series of tweets Tuesday morning aimed at billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, Chelsea Clinton, and Democrats generally, Barr said the former White House adviser, who is black, was a mix between the “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes.” The “Roseanne” star was responding to another Twitter user who accused Jarrett of covering up misdeeds in the Obama administration. Faced with backlash and calls for ABC to respond, Barr initially doubled down on her tweet, claiming that it was both a “joke” and that “I
Susan Burton took the bus home from prison six times, with "a buck-fifty left in my pocket," she said, no ID and her worldly possessions in a box. In the two decades since her last Greyhound lap, Burton and her Watts based group, A New Way of Life Reentry Project, have thrown a lifeline to around 1,000 other women to interrupt the incarceration cycle that held her for 20 years. The project operates homes to help women leaving prison get back on their feet. Her memoir, released last year, pushed her to the forefront of the criminal justice reform movement. But last month she jumped at the chance to go back to the California Institution for Women in Chino, where she spent four of her six priso
(CNN) United States Customs and Border Protection on Friday released a slightly different account of a border agent's fatal shooting of an undocumented migrant near Laredo, Texas, raising new questions about what actually happened. After initially reporting the agent was attacked by migrants armed with "blunt objects," the federal agency on Friday said only that the group "rushed" the officer after ignoring orders to get on the ground. But its latest version of events makes no mention of blunt objects described in an agency statement issued after Wednesday's shooting in the border town of Rio Bravo. Additionally, the Border Patrol at first reported that a round from the officer's gun "fatall
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was arrested and charged with rape and other abuse charges Friday, months after allegations of sexual violence and harassment toppled the once-powerful Hollywood mogul. Weinstein, 66, was charged with rape, criminal sex act, sexual abuse and sexual misconduct for cases involving two women. “This defendant used his position, money and power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually,” the prosecutor, Assistant District Atty. Joan llluzzi, said as she read the charges in New York Criminal Court. Weinstein’s attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said to reporters on Friday that he plans to plead not guilty — and his legal team will fight to
The Maya Moore "Wings'' billboard -- which mimicked the iconic Michael Jordan poster from 1989 -- could return to downtown Minneapolis soon. The Jordan Brand, in a statement Wednesday, said it is in conversations with the city for a permanent installation of the billboard; such billboards are still up in New York and Los Angeles. "We were proud to join the world on May 20 to celebrate Maya Moore's greatness as she accepted her fourth WNBA championship ring,'' the statement read. "To pay homage to Maya on this special day, we installed a temporary billboard to inspire fans in Minneapolis and preview a permanent installation that we're working on now.'' Meanwhile, Moore's new Air Jordan shoe i
President Donald Trump posthumously granted former boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson a presidential pardon on Thursday, according to CBS News. As seen in the following video, Trump announced the pardon in the Oval Office at the White House, and he was flanked by former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, current heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and actor Sylvester Stallone: In 1913, Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act by taking a woman across state lines for "immoral purposes." Johnson later married the woman. Johnson fled the country after his sentencing, but he eventually returned and served 10 months in prison. Johnson became the first African American to win the heav
Tennessee's governor may soon decide if Cyntoia Brown will serve the rest of her life sentence for killing a man she said solicited her for sex when she was a minor. Brown was 16 years old when she shot and killed Johnny Allen. Brown is now 30, and her case has drawn support from celebrities like Rihanna and LeBron James. For the first time in nearly 14 years behind bars, Brown met with Tennessee's board of parole for three and a half hours on Wednesday, reports CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan. "I've prayed for a very long time to be able to meet with you," an emotional Brown said. The six-member panel was divided: two recommended Brown's sentenced be commuted, two said she should be u
The National Football League on Wednesday approved a new policy that could fine teams if players don't stand for the national anthem, but at least one of the top team executives doesn't plan on penalizing its players for their right to protest. New York Jets chairman and CEO Christopher Johnson told Newsday he would pay any fine handed down by the NFL, allowing players to freely kneel during the "Star-Spangled Banner" –– without fear of repercussions from the team. On Wednesday, league owners approved the mandate that requires players to stand if they're on the field or stay in the locker room during the anthem. Any violations of the policy would result in fines from the NFL against the team
The Milwaukee Police Department announced it has disciplined the officers who arrested Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown in January after body cam footage was released Wednesday. In the disturbing video, Brown is tased by officers after they approached him regarding an alleged parking violation. Brown was never charged with a crime. "During the encounter, Mr. Brown was decentralized, tased and arrested," Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales said in a statement, according to the Washington Post's Cindy Boren. "The department conducted an investigation which revealed members acted inappropriately, and those members were recently disciplined." "Black men shouldn't have to have their guard
National Football League Players Association spokesperson George Atallah said Wednesday it will fight any alteration to NFL policy that forces players to stand during the United States national anthem. Adam Schefter of ESPN reported the league "is expected to allow players to stay in the locker room during anthem and fine teams for any flag [or] anthem disrespect." ESPN's Dan Graziano provided Atallah's response to that expected change. "We were not consulted ahead of this meeting on any potential changes to the anthem policy," he said. "If there are changes to the policy that put players in a position where they could be disciplined or fined, we are going to do what we always do—fight anyth
NFL owners are reportedly considering instituting a 15-yard penalty for players who kneel during the national anthem. Albert Breer of NFL Network reported the news. The measure came up during league owner meetings this week in Atlanta. Under the proposal, the home team would have the option to decide whether teams come out to the field for the anthem. Teams would then be penalized 15 yards if a player chooses to kneel. Protests during the national anthem have been the most polarizing topic in sports since Colin Kaepernick began doing so during the 2016 preseason. Kaepernick began kneeling in protest of racial injustice across the United States, particularly police brutality against African A
Dr. Ola Orekunrin is a medical doctor, helicopter pilot and the healthcare entrepreneur founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service. She's dedicated to bringing trauma care to the most remote parts of Western Africa and her company, an air ambulance service based in Lagos, is doing just that. She was motivated to start the company after her younger sister tragically died whilst traveling in Nigeria as a consequence of their being no medical air service available to transport her to hospital. Ola graduated as a medical doctor from the University Of York in the UK and is a member of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine. Ola currently resides in Lagos, Nig
