U.S. drinking water widely contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’: report
The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog grou…
Senate rejects Democrats on documents, witness in Trump impeachment trial
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate blocked Democratic attempts on Tuesday to obtain evidence and call a witness in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance on lines favorable to Trump.
Stuck in Washington, 2020 Democratic senators send family, Ocasio-Cortez to barnstorm Iowa
Bernie Sanders scrapped Iowa campaign appearances, Amy Klobuchar sent campaign representatives to “hot dish” dinners and Elizabeth Warren planned a remote video speech as the Democratic U.S. senators running for president got stuck in Washington for Do…
Father fends off mountain lion that attacked his three-year-old son in California
A local sheriff’s deputy has killed the mountain lion that attacked and wounded a 3-year-old child in a Southern California wilderness park before the boy’s father chased the cougar off, state wildlife officials said on Tuesday.
Senate blocks Democratic bids for evidence, witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejected Democratic efforts on Tuesday to obtain evidence and call witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance along lines favorable to Trump.
U.S. census head count launched in rural Alaska after weather delay
(This corrects penultimate paragraph to show that translations are provided to agency by native-speaking advocates, not that agency provides the translations in January 21 story.)
U.S. Senate blocks three Democratic bids for documents in Trump impeachment trial
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejected three Democratic efforts on Tuesday to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance along lines favorable to Trump.
Foul weather delays launch of U.S. census head count in rural Alaska
The launch of the U.S. Census Bureau’s once-in-a decade head count of Americans was delayed on Tuesday by bad weather in one of the most remote corners of the country – a tiny Alaska Native settlement on the Bering Sea coast.
Senate’s McConnell eases marathon late-night impeachment schedule
The septuagenarian members of the U.S. Senate could get a little more sleep during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell backed off a plan for 48 hours of arguments over four days, a schedule that had r…
Washington state man who traveled to China is first U.S. victim of coronavirus
A Washington state man who recently traveled to China has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, becoming the first confirmed U.S. case of the newly identified illness that has killed six people in China and sickened some 300 others across Asia.
