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US regulators and state attorneys general are increasing pressure on Facebook as they probe whether the company's data - collection practices have hurt the people who use its services.

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The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats.

New York attorney - general Eric Schneiderman subpoenaed The Weinstein Company as part of a probe into whether studio officials had violated the law in their handling of abuse claims against its disgraced co-founder Harvey.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice is said to be close to completion, but he may set it aside while he finishes other key parts of his probe, such as possible collusion and the hacking of Democrats, according to current and former U.S. officials.

The probe, broadly, has two main threads related to Trump: whether members of his campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the race in his favor, and whether he sought to obstruct justice when he fired James Comey as the FBI director last May.

News broke in March that German authorities were launching an antitrust probe of the company, with an aim of determining whether the company had misused its role as a dominant social network to collect users» digital information.

Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Carter Page, Jared Kushner, and Roger Stone were among those being looked at by federal investigators, reports said, amid the FBI and congressional probes into whether any Trump associates acted as agents of the Kremlin, wittingly or not.

second, whether a «proposal seeks to «micro-manage» the company by probing too deeply into matters of a complex nature upon which shareholders, as a group, would not be in a position to make an informed judgment.»

The spectacle that Shkreli created around himself and his company Turing Pharmaceuticals since late summer, even as the criminal probe proceeded, raised the question of whether he had any idea of the risk he was running — or whether his conduct was part of a plan to beat the rap in Brooklyn federal court and generate business.

Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Cohen's business practices, including whether there were any crimes committed as part of a possible pattern or strategy in 2016 of buying the silence of people who could have damaged Trump's candidacy, according to people familiar with the probe.

Politico: «U.S. investigators are focusing on an enduring mystery of the 2016 election: whether Trump campaign officials made the Republican Party platform more friendly to Russia as part of some broader effort to collude with the Kremlin, according to congressional records and people familiar with the probes.

The draft now submitted for EU scrutiny goes above and beyond that set on an EU level, leaving some to question whether it would be probed as a potential barrier to EU trade.

The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.

Trump complained on social media about the wide - ranging investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. election as Robert Mueller appeared to widen his probe to include whether the president tried to obstruct justice.

The Justice Department last month requested banking records of Paul Manafort as part of a widening of probes related to Trump's former campaign associates and whether they colluded with Russia in interfering with the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the matter.

Members of New York's congressional delegation are united in their call for a special prosecutor to probe Russia's role in last year's presidential campaign, but split over whether former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly should replace Comey as FBI director.

Freeman said a separate decision by the governor's office would have to be made later, after the report is complete, as to whether the report or parts of the report could be kept from the public because it would jeopardize the federal probe.

As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, about 20 members of the NYPD have reportedly been questioned by the FBI as part of a probe into whether they accepted gifts in exchange for favorAs CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, about 20 members of the NYPD have reportedly been questioned by the FBI as part of a probe into whether they accepted gifts in exchange for favoras part of a probe into whether they accepted gifts in exchange for favors.

«It's clear Cuomo and Rice have something to hide, refusing to answer pressing questions as federal prosecutors probe whether the governor shut down his own anti-corruption unit to protect his friends and improperly interfered with its investigations when they hit too close to home,» Short wrote.

An executive order signed last week will require chaplains to be active clergy members and also live in Westchester County comes as a response to a federal probe into whether or not former County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, offered up a chaplain position in exchange for campaign contributions.

In the Stricoff case, Spota was probing whether the town party chairman took as much as $ 120,000 in unauthorized raises and personal expenses.

The probe is also exploring other cases involving investigations into Robert Stricoff, Donald Rodgers and Justin Meyers — figures associated with the administration of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone — and whether the distribution by the district attorney's office of millions of dollars in asset forfeiture money was improperly used by the DA's office as a reward for favorites or for the office's own political benefit.

A joint probe by Schneiderman and Connecticut AG George Jepsen into whether their states incurred losses as a result of interest - rate manipulation by banks in the LIBOR scandal could lead to civil enforcement action, including possible breaches of antitrust and fraud laws.

A simmering dispute between leaders of the House intelligence committee spilled into the public over an investigation into whether Trump has ties to Russia, even as they pledged to conduct a bipartisan probe.

A key donor to de Blasio's fund - raising was subpoenaed, as the growing probe zeroes in on whether his campaign broke rules pursuing checks from powerful interests seeking favors from City Hall.

Donations to the Clinton Foundation took a precipitous dive for a second year in a row as Justice Department officials mulled whether they would appoint a special prosecutor to probe the non-profit's «alleged unlawful dealings.»

An executive order signed last week will require chaplains to be active clergy members and also live in Westchester County comes as a response to a federal probe into whether -LSB-...]

Whether those lanes were blocked intentionally as part of a revenge scheme by Governor Christie is now the subject of a federal criminal probe.

A spokesman for the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which has handled similar probes in the past, said, «We can not comment, as a matter of law, on whether an investigation has been commenced or on the status of any investigation that was commenced.»

Sources said a number of police officers are being questioned as part of a probe into whether they received gifts and trips in exchange for undisclosed «favors.»

Lavalle, growing increasingly uncomfortable, would not say whether or not he was subpoenaed as part of the probe.

In the summer of 2014, after a series of news stories came out describing Cuomo secretary Larry Schwartz's alleged interference in the management of the governor's Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in the Legislature, Albany insiders wondered whether Schwartz might give up information about the governor to federal investigators in the Southern District U.S. attorney Preet Bharara's office, as part of a probe they had begun into the circumstances surrounding the commission's demise.

Elsewhere in the issue, you can see how science is working on new breeding and distribution techniques to save the coral reefs; a way to gain a better understanding of dark matter through the search for whether axion particles exist; a probe into the cause and solutions for the toxic condition of social disconnection, also known as loneliness; and even how to elucidate the long - sought origins of how snakes got their slither.

As the scare widens, so does the probe: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is considering regulatory changes to tighten controls and is investigating whether any of the contaminated wheat gluten — which is implicated in more than 100 animal deaths — made it into food consumed by humans.

Among the next steps for the research team will be to continue to probe the development of VH1 - 46 anti-Dsg3 antibodies, specifically whether they cross-react to microbes such as viruses or bacteria.

As other scientists test whether using a vaccine will start an immune attack on Globo H, Raines says, «we are probing a different type of immunity.

Studies here are probing questions such as whether and for how long imatinib should be taken after surgical removal of GIST tumors.

Here the authors try combining probing white matter integrity with a MRI measure of whether the brain has shrunk as a result of disease.

More than just a witty parody of meaningless couplehood, The Lobster becomes more probing as it gets further and further into its strange and cruel world, building to a finale that asks whether two people can love one other on any terms except those forced on them by society.

Whitehouse, for one, has outlined the case for a Justice Department probe of whether Exxon violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO.

As someone else has pointed out, whether the wind is caused by a cold front or a warm front will also affect how the wind affects the readings of the temperature probe.

The probe was prompted in part by reports in the Los Angeles Times and the online publication Inside Climate News, alleging that Exxon researchers expressed concerned about climate change from fossil fuel emissions decades ago, even as the company publicly raised doubts about whether climate - change was scientifically valid.

What didn't emerge at the time was that they were attempting to rescue a team of Russian researchers probing whether storms that stir up the ocean will increase the release of methane from the sea bed as the Arctic warms.

The allegations come as federal investigators probe whether Bush administration officials tried to block government scientists from speaking freely about global warming and attempted to censor their research.

Part I tracks the development of a serious allegation (whether originating from an internal or external source) through its stages of development, considering the key risks and challenges as matters progress; it provides expert insight into the fact - gathering stage, document preservation and collection, witness interviews, and the complexities of cross-border privilege issues; and it discusses strategies to successfully resolve cross-border probes and manage corporate reputation throughout an investigation.

Since the statute fails to survive this level of scrutiny, as the Court demonstrates, there is no need to determine whether a more probing level of review would be appropriate.

Whether it is probing allegations of corruption overseas or something as potentially mundane as a star professional athlete allegedly conspiring with low - level employees to deflate footballs, the public brand of the company is going to be impacted by the quality of the internal investigation.

The federal government this year has ordered a probe into the crash reports of the car model Chevrolet Volt as part of a defect investigation into whether the car's lithium ion batteries pose a fire risk after a wreck.

Following the report, Twitter, Facebook and Google have been requested to find out whether any foreign interference took place during the Brexit referendum as a part of the UK Electoral Commission's probe launched in November.

Armstrong's internal probe has yet to prove whether Coinbase employees engaged in activities that could legally classify as insider trading.