Sentences with phrase «first federal probe»

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NEW YORK (Reuters)- Federal investigators on Thursday said the engine fan blade that broke apart during a Southwest Airlines flight last month showed signs consistent with metal fatigue, as inspectors probe the first passenger fatality on a U.S. airline in nearly a decade.

The first sentence stemming from Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling was handed down by a federal judge in Washington.

The AP first reported last May that federal investigators were probing the union, the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, and its charismatic president, Norman Seabrook.

He used the televised appearances to spotlight scandals that occurred in the mayor's first term in office, including state and federal probes into de Blasio's campaign fundraising tactics that focused on whether donors were giving preferential treatment by his administration.

State and federal law enforcement officials are executing search warrants to gather evidence in a probe involving former Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Steve Pigeon and former Buffalo first deputy mayor Steve Casey.

ALBANY - Senate Republicans Tuesday pledged full support for Majority Leader Dean Skelos before and after their first closed - door conference since he was identified in news reports involving a federal corruption probe.

The Democratic attorney general — who is widely believed to be planning a run for governor this year — revealed for the first time yesterday that his office and federal prosecutors from New York's Southern District had launched a joint criminal probe into Espada.

BREAKING: FIRST CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED IN BENGHAZI ATTACK PROBE... Federal agents and prosecutors investigating the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi have filed charges against Ahmed Khattalah, leader of a Libyan militia that officials believe was involved in the assault, people briefed on the investigation said.

The GOP conference is meeting privately this afternoon, their first session together after The New York Times revealed that Skelos is under a federal probe for potentially placing undue influence to help an Arizona - based company.

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is reportedly the first member of the Trump administration to garner the probing eyes of intelligence and federal law enforcement agencies for communications with Russia.

Democratic senators are demanding the government investigate the «news activities» of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, saying they want a federal probe into a private news organization because they are «strong defenders of the First Amendment.»

«I'm not really thinking about that — I support the speaker,» Heastie, the Bronx Democratic chair, told Capital last week after the New York Times first reported the federal probe of Silver's outside income last year.

We did everything appropriately here,» de Blasio said Monday, in his first comments since the Daily News reported on the federal probe into the sale last week.

Some 19 months after the infamous Bridgegate scandalbroke, onetime Chris Christie ally David Wildstein pleaded guilty to corruption charges connected to the closure of lanes on the George Washington Bridge, probably just the first criminal charge in the federal probe of the incident.

He first met with Offinger, who faced scrutiny during a now - closed federal probe into Hizzoner's fundraising practices in 2013.

Meeks has attracted scrutiny since a federal probe was launched over questions — first raised by The Post — about what became of money collected by a charity that he set up to help Hurricane Katrina victims.

The artist, Simmie Knox — who also did official portraits for then - President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary — recalled Howe giving guidance on how they wanted the painting done, but clammed up when he found out that the lobbyist was under a federal probe.

Mayor de Blasio was on the hot seat for the first installment of his new TV show Sunday, as viewers grilled him on a federal probe of two of his campaign donors, a spate of Big Apple slashings, and his plummeting approval ratings.

On Tuesday, Bloomberg was the first to report that the Federal Trade Commission is probing Facebook over the use of that personal data.