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- Official autopsy concludes Epstein's death was suicide by hanging August 17, 2019New York City's chief medical examiner determined on Friday that suicide by hanging was the cause of death for financier Jeffrey Epstein, whose body was found six days ago in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
- Suspect in New York City subway scare apprehended by police August 17, 2019A man blamed by New York City police for leaving two kitchen appliances resembling pressure cookers in a subway station, causing chaos for commuters during Friday morning's rush hour, has been apprehended, authorities said on Saturday.
- Ex-Trump campaign chief Lewandowski says 'happy' to testify before Congress August 17, 2019President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said on Friday that he was "happy" to testify before the Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee as part of a congressional investigation of the Trump presidency.
- Republican Iowa senator says Trump EPA 'screwed us' with biofuel waivers August 17, 2019Iowa's Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has "screwed" the U.S. ethanol industry and farmers by granting waivers to 31 small petroleum refineries, effectively exempting them from an obligation to use more ethanol in their products.
- Amazon.com defeats IRS appeal in U.S. tax dispute August 17, 2019Amazon.com Inc on Friday defeated an appeal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in what the online retailer has called a $1.5 billion dispute over its tax treatment of transactions with a Luxembourg subsidiary.
- U.S. judge urges VW, SEC to resolve civil Dieselgate suit August 17, 2019A federal judge in California on Friday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Volkswagen AG to resolve a civil suit stemming from its Dieselgate emissions scandal.
- Two women sue Jeffrey Epstein's estate for $100 million over alleged sex abuse August 17, 2019Two women who said they were recruited 15 years ago to provide massages to Jeffrey Epstein, only to be later sexually molested by him at his Manhattan mansion, have filed a $100 million lawsuit against the financier's estate.
- Thousands of travelers delayed at U.S. airports by computer outage August 17, 2019Thousands of travelers at U.S. airports faced delays on Friday because of an nationwide outage of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) processing systems that lasted several hours.
- Computers coming back online after Customs outage at U.S. airports August 16, 2019U.S. Customs and Border Protection said its computers were coming back online and travelers were being processed after a nationwide computer outage earlier on Friday at U.S. airports.
- NASA chief announces Alabama facility as moon spacecraft headquarters August 16, 2019NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Friday said Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will anchor the U.S. space agency's program to build a spacecraft to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024, a boon for the state and a disappointment for Texas.