Trump impeachment trial nears end of initial phase in Senate
The U.S. Senate is expected to wrap up the initial phase of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial before turning on Friday to the explosive question of whether to call witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton.
Nike faces SEC probe over illicit payment claim: Bloomberg
A lawyer for Michael Avenatti told a jury that Nike Inc was being probed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over claims that it made illicit payments to elite youth basketball players, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
Man convicted of killing ex-wife, boyfriend executed in Georgia
A man convicted more than two decades ago of shooting and killing his ex-wife’s boyfriend and then bludgeoning her to death with the shotgun he used was executed by lethal injection in Georgia on Wednesday.
Chesapeake Energy oil-well fire kills one, injures three in Texas
One Texas oil worker was killed and three others hospitalized on Wednesday when a Chesapeake Energy Corp well caught fire during service work, a spokesman for the company said.
U.S. evacuees from China placed on 72-hour ‘hold’ at California military base for medical evaluation
Nearly 200 Americans airlifted from China in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak arrived on Wednesday at a U.S. military base in California, where they will remain isolated for at least 72 hours of medical evaluation, public health officials said.
Republicans hopeful Senate will acquit Trump in impeachment trial as early as Friday
A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility he could be acquitted as early as Friday.
U.S. House passes bill to extend temporary ban on fentanyl look-alikes for 15 months
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would temporarily extend the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) class-wide ban on all variants of the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl, which has helped fuel the opioid crisis in th…
‘We’ve always said it’s uphill’: Quotes from Day 8 of Trump’s Senate impeachment trial
A Democratic push for witnesses at Donald Trump’s U.S. Senate impeachment trial appeared to flag on Wednesday, raising the possibility the president could be acquitted as early as Friday, as the White House objected to the publication of a book by form…
U.S. evacuees from China placed under 72-hour ‘hold’ at California military base
Nearly 200 American citizens airlifted from China in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak arrived on Wednesday at a U.S. military base in California, where they will remain isolated for at least 72 hours of medical evaluation, public health officials …
Ex-actress says Weinstein promised her movie deal in exchange for threesome
An actress-turned-costume designer told jurors in the Weinstein rape trial on Wednesday the former Hollywood producer promised her a movie deal if she had three-way sex with him and his assistant.
