‘Havana syndrome’ U.S. diplomats get benefits in spending bill
U.S. diplomats who mysteriously fell ill in Cuba and China would get long-term emergency health and other benefits under a $1.4 trillion spending bill lawmakers unveiled on Monday.
Judge rejects claims by Trump ex-adviser Flynn of FBI misconduct
A U.S. judge on Monday flatly rejected a last-ditch bid by President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn to get the criminal charge to which he already pleaded guilty dropped, brushing aside his claims of misconduct by prosecu…
U.S. proposes to require disabled-accessible toilets on single-aisle airplanes
The U.S. Transportation Department on Monday proposed to require airlines ensure that toilets on single-aisle aircraft are accessible to the disabled but is not requiring larger lavatories.
At noisy town hall, a vulnerable U.S. Democrat says ‘yes’ to impeachment
Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin, co-author of a column that helped launch the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, ended months of uncertainty on Monday by telling voters at a noisy town hall meeting that she will vote for impeachmen…
California ‘Tool-Box Killer’ Lawrence Bittaker dies in prison at 79
Lawrence Bittaker, one of two men who became known as the “Tool-Box Killers” for the torture, rape and murder of five teenage girls in 1979, has died of natural causes in a California prison, state officials said on Monday.
U.S. spending deal would raise tobacco age, repeal some Obamacare taxes
Congress would raise the U.S. tobacco purchasing age to 21 and permanently repeal several of the Affordable Care Act’s taxes under a massive government spending bill due to be released later on Monday, congressional sources said.
U.S. government extends deadline to sign up for Obamacare insurance plans
The U.S. government said on Monday the deadline for signing-up for 2020 insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been extended by three days to Dec. 18 to accommodate those who experienced issues while attempting to enroll.
Giuliani associate denies hiding Russian payment, asks to stay free on bail
An associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Monday urged a judge to let him stay free on bail while he awaits trial, denying prosecutors’ accusations that he lied about receiving a $1 million payment from Russia short…
Bayer asks U.S. appeals court to reverse $25 million Roundup verdict
Bayer AG on Monday said it has asked a U.S. federal appeals court to throw out a $25 million judgment it was ordered to pay to a California man who blamed the company’s Roundup weed killer for his cancer.
Sloppy mix of wintry weather plows its way toward northeastern U.S.
A wintry weather zone stretching from the middle of the United States to the Atlantic Ocean will bring locally heavy snowfall, freezing rain and a potentially slippery morning commute to the northeast, the National Weather Service predicted on Monday.
