Exclusive: U.S. mulls using sweeping powers to ramp up production of coronavirus protective gear
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing to combat the coronavirus in the United States, two…
Court calls NYC ‘deeply segregated’ but dismisses lawsuit over unfair tax burdens
A New York appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit saying that New York City’s property tax system discriminates against low-income and minority homeowners, even as it called the system unfair and acknowledged that the city is “deeply segregated….
On the trail: Biden consolidates black voter support; Democrats attack Trump on coronavirus
Democratic presidential hopefuls spread out across South Carolina on Thursday as the clock ticked down to the state’s Saturday primary election: their first big test with African-American voters.
Actress Lori Loughlin among parents to face U.S. college scam trial in October
A federal judge on Thursday said actress Lori Loughlin in October will be among eight parents accused of participating in a vast U.S. college admissions bribery and fraud scheme to face the first trial to result from the scandal.
Baltimore ex-mayor sentenced to three years in prison in children’s book fraud scheme
Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced on Thursday to three years in federal prison for fraud and tax evasion schemes involving bogus sales of her children’s book series.
U.S. officials say they are ramping up efforts to guard against coronavirus
U.S. officials on Thursday said they were ramping up efforts to guard Americans against a local spread of the new coronavirus, dispatching test kits nationwide, and promising funding legislation within the next two weeks.
Milwaukee looks for motive in brewery shooting rampage
Investigators in Milwaukee were searching on Thursday for a motive behind the fatal shooting of five brewery employees by a co-worker who later took his own life in the latest spasm in a wave of gun violence plaguing U.S. schools and workplaces.
Texas prosecutors accuse Arkema, executives of failures over chemical fire
Jurors in the criminal case against the U.S. arm of a French company on Thursday heard it routinely stored combustible chemicals where floodwaters could reach them and failed to alert emergency workers as toxic fires erupted.
Democratic candidates’ drilling ban would cost U.S. economy $7 trillion: oil group
Banning hydraulic fracturing and halting new drilling on federal land would cost the U.S. economy $7 trillion in the next decade and kill millions of jobs, the U.S. oil industry’s main lobby group said on Thursday in a report targeting the climate plans of top Democratic presidential candidates.
Actress Lori Loughlin among parents to face October trial over U.S. college scam
A federal judge on Thursday said actress Lori Loughlin in October will be among eight parents accused of participating in a vast U.S. college admissions bribery and fraud scheme to face the first trial to result from the scandal.
