California lawmaker introduces bill to make PG&E a publicly owned utility
A California lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at making PG&E Corp a publicly owned utility, a year after liabilities from wildfires traced back to some of its equipment pushed the power producer into bankruptcy.
Iowa official slams viral claim of suspicious voter registration activity as false
A viral claim by a conservative activist group that voter registration numbers in Iowa are suspiciously large ahead of the first U.S. presidential nominating contest on Monday is false, a senior state government official said, and called on the group t…
You won’t ‘bully me’: Democratic presidential contender Bloomberg to Trump
U.S. Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg vowed on Monday he would not let President Donald Trump bully him as the war of words between the two New York business tycoons and political rivals became nastier.
Abandoned oil well most likely source of crude staining Texas port
An abandoned oil well outside of Houston is likely the source of crude oil leaking into a Texas bay near the largest U.S. petrochemical port, the state’s energy regulator and an oil company executive said on Monday.
U.S. announces more coronavirus cases, details quarantine plans for returning travelers
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday announced a second case of transmission of the new coronavirus within the United States and provided more detailed plans on how it will handle travelers returning from China as the cou…
Super Bowl TV audience rises slightly to 99.9 million viewers
Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast on Fox attracted an average TV audience of 99.9 million people, a 1.7% increase from last year’s U.S. football championship, according to preliminary Nielsen data released on Monday.
Factbox: ‘Midnight in Washington’ – quotes from Trump’s impeachment trial
Even with acquittal seemingly assured, the Democrats prosecuting U.S. President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial unleashed a blistering attack on him on Monday with a forceful appeal for conviction, calling him a man with no ethical compass who mu…
Weinstein rape accuser weeps uncontrollably during cross-examination
A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her broke down in sobs at the former Hollywood producer’s sexual assault trial on Monday, as she read an email in which she described Weinstein as a “pseudo father” figure after the alleged attack.
Democrats condemn Trump at trial as threat to American democracy
Even with acquittal seemingly assured, Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial made a forceful appeal for conviction on Monday, calling him a man with no moral compass who must be removed to protect American democracy.
On Iowa caucus day, YouTube details how it will tackle misleading election content
On the day of the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest of the U.S. presidential election, Alphabet’s YouTube detailed how it will tackle false or misleading election-related content.
