British socialite to face Epstein accuser's defamation lawsuit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who claimed that New York financier Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her for sex when she was a teenager may pursue a lawsuit accusing British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of defamation for calling her allegations lies, a U.S. judge ruled.


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World Trade Center transit hub to open, a New York phoenix rising

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The newly built World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed to resemble a dove but tasked with the job of a phoenix, opens this week, nearly 15 years after the Sept. 11 attacks left Lower Manhattan in ashes.


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New bin Laden documents show a suspicious, pressured al Qaeda

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's leaders were increasingly worried about spies in their midst, drones in the air and secret tracking devices reporting their movements as the U.S.-led war against them ground on, documents seized in the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout and reviewed by Reuters reveal.











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Rubio backers spend big in Texas ahead of Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Backers of Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio have spent nearly as much money in the weeks leading up to Super Tuesday's nominating contests as all of his rivals combined, including an outsized spend in Texas.


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Pentagon to tap private industry for background check IT system

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department plans to hire private contractors to develop a $600-million-plus computer system for a new background check agency being set up after a security breach last year exposed the personal data of nearly 22 million people, a top official told Reuters.


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Trump, Clinton poised for big wins on Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON/AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Front-runner Donald Trump is in position to take firm control of the Republican presidential race when 11 states vote on Tuesday, an outcome likely to intensify concerns among party leaders that the brash billionaire has hijacked the party.











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Apple lawyer, FBI director to face off before Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will make their cases before a congressional panel on Tuesday regarding a court order to force the technology company to give the FBI data from the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.











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