Trump says U.S. will finalize new fuel efficiency rules next year
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration will finalize its rollback of Obama-era vehicle emissions standards next year and expected it would provoke a new legal challenge by California.
Saudi king orders security services to cooperate with U.S. in probe of Florida shooting
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday he has directed his security services to cooperate with U.S. authorities investigating the deadly shooting at a Florida military base and assured him the “perpetrator of this heinous…
Bomb threat reported at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida
A bomb threat was reported at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida on Friday and the area was evacuated as authorities were investigating, the base said in a Tweet.
U.S. EPA proposed biofuel blending requirements ‘similar’ to October plan – EPA official
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has delivered a proposal on biofuel blending requirements for 2020 to the White House Office of Management and Budget, an EPA official said on Friday.
Saudi airman in U.S. for training suspected in deadly shooting at Florida Navy base
A member of the Saudi Air Force visiting the United States for military training was the suspect in a shooting that killed four people and injured eight at a U.S. Navy base in Florida on Friday, the state governor and other officials said.
U.S. Supreme Court takes up fight over Delaware judicial appointments
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether the state of Delaware’s system of requiring ideologically balanced courts is lawful.
Saudi national suspected in shooting incident at U.S. Navy base in Florida
The suspected shooter involved in a deadly incident on Friday at a major U.S. Navy base in Florida was believed to be a Saudi national in the United States for training, two U.S. defense officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Factbox: Major mass shootings in the United States
A shooting in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday that left at least four people dead was the second mass killing on a U.S. military installation in three days and followed a spate of deadly gun violence throughout the country this summer.
In East Hartford, a new effort to help workers left behind
For the first time in a while, Diomedes Dilone is earning enough money that he can afford to take the weekends off.
Prosecutors seek to up Harvey Weinstein’s bail, citing violations
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has at times failed to wear a required electronic tracking device, New York prosecutors said Friday, asking a judge to increase his bail to $5 million, from $1 million, as he awaits trial on sexual assault charges.