U.S. shoppers, mostly online, spend 16% more over holiday weekend
A record number of U.S. consumers spent more online and in stores over the holiday weekend for everything from clothing to toys, the National Retail Federation said on Tuesday.
Student, officer wounded in second Wisconsin school shooting
An armed student confronted a police officer and both were wounded on Tuesday in the second high school shooting in Wisconsin in two days, both of which prompted lockdowns.
New Jersey mayor sues New York City over moving homeless with ‘offer they can’t refuse’
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s administration has sued New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, accusing the fellow Democrat of dumping his city’s population of homeless people on New Jersey’s biggest city.
UK’s Raab presses U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo on road death case
British foreign minister Dominic Raab met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday and discussed the case of Briton Harry Dunn, who was killed in a road accident involving a U.S. diplomat’s wife.
PG&E failed to inspect transmission lines that caused deadly 2018 wildfire: state probe
Bankrupt California power producer PG&E Corp did not properly inspect and replace transmission lines before a faulty wire sparked a wildfire that killed more than 80 people in 2018, a probe by a state regulator has concluded.
Explainer: How does impeachment of a U.S. president work?
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold its first impeachment hearing on Dec. 4, starting a new phase of the inquiry that could lead to formal charges against President Donald Trump within weeks.
House panel impeachment report to be released Tuesday: Schiff
A U.S. House Intelligence Committee report laying out the Democratic case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment will be publicly released on Tuesday, the panel’s chairman said in a television interview.
Factbox: ‘No quid pro quo’: Trump’s defenses in the impeachment investigation
U.S. President Donald Trump has maintained throughout the impeachment inquiry that he did nothing improper in his dealings with Ukraine, even as witnesses have detailed efforts by his White House to get Ukraine to take actions that could help him polit…
Trump’s decision not to take part in impeachment hearing ‘unfortunate’: chairman
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler, on Monday said President Donald Trump’s decision not to take part in hearings that could lead to his impeachment was “unfortunate.”
How Ukraine got caught up in Trump’s impeachment battle
Ukraine has unwittingly become embroiled in a political battle in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats who could announce formal impeachment charges against him within weeks.
