Bus driver, two passengers and two truckers perished in Pennsylvania Turnpike wreck
The five people killed in a multi-vehicle pileup on the Pennsylvania Turnpike over the weekend were identified on Monday as the driver of the tour bus that crashed first, two of his passengers, and two UPS employees whose truck plowed into the bus.
Timeline: The Harvey Weinstein story – from studio to courtroom in 40 years
Here is a timeline recounting the highs and lows over 40 years in the life of Harvey Weinstein. Once one of Hollywood’s most powerful executives, Weinstein faces criminal sexual assault charges at a jury trial beginning this week in New York.
Harvey Weinstein charged in Los Angeles for sex crimes as NY rape trial starts
Once powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was charged in Los Angeles on Monday on sex crime charges just hours after he appeared in a New York court for the start of his rape trial, which has become a focal point for the #MeToo movement.
Murders in New York City rose in 2019, defying long-term decline in crime rate
New York experienced a 7.8 percent jump in murders last year, though the number of homicides in the country’s largest city remained low on an historical basis as the overall major crime rate extended a decades-long drop, authorities said on Monday.
Harvey Weinstein indicted in Los Angeles for sex crimes on day New York rape trial starts
Once powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was indicted in Los Angeles on Monday on sex crime charges just hours after he appeared in a New York court for the start of his rape trial, which has become a focal point for the #MeToo movement.
Highway crash in Peru kills 16, including two Germans
At least 16 people, including two Germans, died in a crash in southern Peru on Monday after a bus collided with other vehicles and rolled over, local police said.
Harvey Weinstein charged in Los Angeles with sexual assault of two women in 2013: prosecutor
Harvey Weinstein was charged on Monday with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in 2013, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement.
U.S. girl killed in highway attack near border in Mexico
A 13-year-old American girl was killed over the weekend after the vehicle she and her family were traveling in came under fire on a highway south of the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, state security officials said on Monday.
Trump to dismiss climate impacts in overhaul of environmental reviews: sources
Major new U.S. projects like highways and pipelines will no longer require federal reviews of their environmental climate impact under new rules that the Trump administration will propose on Wednesday, sources familiar with the plan said.
Wife of Kennedy nephew joins race to oust New Jersey congressman who switched parties
The wife of a Kennedy nephew and former congressman on Monday joined the race to win the New Jersey seat held by U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew, the erstwhile Democrat who joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month to say he was swi…
