In the news today, May 16
Six stories in the news for Thursday, May 16
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TRUMP PARDONS CONRAD BLACK FOR FRAUD CONVICTION
U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. In a release Wednesday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Black “has made tremendous contributions to business, and to political and historical thought.” The statement said those supporting Black’s pardon include former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Sir Elton John, Rush Limbaugh and the late William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of the conservative magazine National Review. In 2007, Black was convicted of three counts of fraud and one of obstruction of justice in a Chicago court and sentenced to six and a half years in jail.