California to free 3,500 prisoners
The prison system in the largest US state of California plans to release about 3,500 non-violent inmates early to help ...
Read moreTag: Bill Barr
Trump ally to be sentenced
Washington"•Donald Trump’s longtime aide Roger Stone will be sentenced Thursday in a case that has caused a stir in Washington ...
Read more
Justice chief blasts Trump for making his job ‘impossible’
Washington"•US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president’s tweets ...
Read more
White House accused of cover-up
Washington"•The White House scrambled to “lock down” the records of President Donald Trump’s phone call pressing for Ukraine’s interference in ...
Read more
Epstein dies in NY jail
New York—US financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting trial on charges he trafficked underage girls for sex, was found dead in jail ...
Read more
US to resume executions after a break of 16 years
Washington"•The US government will resume its use of capital punishment after a 16-year hiatus and has set execution dates for ...
Read more
Mueller’s report lifts dark cloud over Trump
Washington"•US President Donald Trump declared Sunday that he had been completely exonerated after his campaign was cleared of colluding with ...
Read more
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.