Second person dies from blast at Chesapeake well site
An explosion this week at a Texas oil well has claimed a second fatal victim and two others injured by the blast remain hospitalized, Chesapeake Energy Corp said on Friday.
NRA drops challenge to Los Angeles disclosure law following repeal
The National Rifle Association agreed on Friday to end its lawsuit challenging a Los Angeles law that had required city contractors to disclose their ties to the gun rights group, after the Los Angeles City Council repealed the law.
Two women arrested after running checkpoints near Trump’s Florida resort
Two women were arrested in Florida for running two security checkpoints near Mar-a-Lago on Friday in a police car chase that was unrelated to U.S. President Donald Trump’s resort, officials said.
U.S. declares coronavirus a public health emergency
The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China.
Nearly 200 Americans airlifted from China placed under coronavirus quarantine
Reuters) – Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China and voluntarily confined to a California air base for 72 hours of coronavirus screenings were placed under a mandatory 14-day quarantine on Friday, as U.S. health officials intensified precautions ag…
Trump to expand travel ban to six additional countries: U.S. official
U.S. President Donald Trump will issue an expanded version of his travel ban on Friday, a U.S. official said, a move that could affect thousands of immigrants and reignite debate over whether the policy discriminates against Muslims.
Democratic witness bid seems doomed in Trump trial as Murkowski says no
Another pivotal Republican announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s U.S. Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal.
Helicopter in Kobe Bryant crash lacked certificate to fly in fog
The company whose helicopter crashed and killed basketball star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others on Sunday was not certified to fly in foggy conditions requiring pilots to use only cockpit instruments, U.S. officials said on Friday.
Accuser says Weinstein raped her, likens former producer to ‘Jekyll and Hyde’
A onetime aspiring actress told a Manhattan jury on Friday that Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room while she was in an “extremely degrading” relationship with the movie producer.
Vehicle runs security checkpoints at Trump’s Florida resort, two held
Law enforcement authorities in Florida on Friday said they were holding two people whose vehicle ran two security checkpoints at U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort during a police chase.
