U.S. senators ask for government investigation of tax credit program for coal
Three U.S. Democratic senators have asked the investigative arm of Congress to evaluate a $1 billion-a-year subsidy for burning chemically treated refined coal, after research has shown that some power plants using the fuel produced surging amounts of …
U.S. Sen. Schumer outlines documents he wants for impeachment trial
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday outlined the kinds of documents he would like to have introduced as evidence in the upcoming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, including emails and other communications held by the White …
McConnell says Senate Republicans have not ruled out witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that Republicans had not ruled out hearing witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, one of the main sticking points in drafting rules for the proceedings.
Survival camps cater to new fear: America’s political unrest
Aiming an AR-15 rifle across a Colorado valley dotted with antelope and cattle, Drew Miller explains how members of his new survival ranch would ride out an apocalypse.
As busy holiday travel week begins, southeast U.S. to see heavy rain, flooding
Heavy rain and flooding are expected in the southeast United States on Monday, as millions of Americans embark on holiday travel two days before Christmas.
Home shopping network QVC founder Joseph Segel dies at 88
Joseph Segel, the founder of home shopping television channel QVC, died on Saturday at the age of 88, the company’s parent said on Sunday.
Thirty-five people injured in 63-vehicle pileup on Virginia highway
Thirty-five people were hurt in a 63-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on a foggy and icy stretch of a Virginia highway early on Sunday, state police said.
Party to honor Chicago shooting victim ends with 13 wounded: police
Thirteen people were wounded in a shooting at a party on Chicago’s south side intended to honor the victim of an earlier shooting, police said.
‘Bull’s-eye’ landing caps Boeing’s faulty astronaut capsule test mission
Boeing Co’s Starliner astronaut spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” landing in the New Mexico desert on Sunday, a successful ending to a crewless test mission that two days earlier failed to reach the orbit needed to dock with the International Space Stati…
‘Bull’s-eye’ landing in New Mexico for Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule
Boeing Co ‘s Starliner astronaut spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert on Sunday, the company said, after faulty software forced officials to cut short an unmanned mission aimed at taking it to the International Space Station.
