Top Stories for Friday, 4/21/17

CDN Editors round up the morning’s top stories while you get the coffee going. This page will be updated throughout the morning so check back regularly.

• U.S. prosecutors prepare charges against WikiLeaks and Assange
  • The U.S. Department of Justice is prepared to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange …

• George W. Bush visits dad still in hospital

  • Former President George H.W. Bush got a hospital visit from another former president…

• Justice Department Official Leading Trump-Russia Investigation Stepping Down

  • The Department of Justice official leading the investigation into Trump-Russia collusion is calling it quits….

• French police hunting second suspect after Paris attack: official

  • French police were on Friday hunting a second suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a policeman in Paris, French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said…

• US official: With eye on North Korea, China puts bombers on ‘high alert’

  • Chinese air force land-attack, cruise-missile-capable bombers were put “on high alert” on Wednesday as the US sees evidence…