Hundreds told to flee, almost 200,000 without power in California wildfires
A wind-driven wildfire roared across a swath of northern California wine country on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of some 2,000 Sonoma County residents, including the entire town of Geyserville, where about a dozen homes were destroyed.
Massachusetts sues Exxon Mobil, saying company lied about climate change
Massachusetts sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday, with the state’s attorney general accusing the oil giant of misleading investors and consumers for decades about the role fossil fuels play in climate change.
White House plans to end federal subscriptions to New York Times, Washington Post
The White House said on Thursday it is planning to order federal agencies to end their subscriptions to the New York Times and the Washington Post after repeated criticism of their coverage by President Donald Trump.
Massachusetts beats Exxon bid to delay impending climate change case
A Massachusetts judge on Thursday gave the state’s attorney general the greenlight to sue Exxon Mobil Corp “ASAP” over allegations it concealed from investors and consumers its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change.
Former U.S. President Carter leaves hospital after breaking pelvis
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter left hospital on Thursday after being admitted with a minor pelvic fracture, the Carter Center said, following the second accident this month for the country’s oldest living president.
Mourners remember the late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings’ kindness
Mourners lined up early on Thursday to pay their respects to the late Representative Elijah Cummings, a powerful legislator and civil rights activist who became the first African-American to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol – a high honor usually besto…
Explainer: Protesting Republicans say impeachment probe violates Trump’s rights. Is that true?
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday stormed a hearing room at the U.S. House of Representatives where a Pentagon official was to testify in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, yelling that it was unfair and violated Trump’s rights.
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 34, cases of illness to 1,604
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 1,604 confirmed and probable cases and one new death from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total toll to 34.
Democratic U.S. Representative Ryan of Ohio ends presidential bid
U.S. Representative Tim Ryan on Thursday said he was abandoning his bid for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination and would instead seek re-election representing his district in Ohio.
California wildfires force evacuations, cause power outages
California emergency officials on Thursday ordered hundreds of people to evacuate a historic wine country town north of San Francisco, and nearly 200,000 were without power, as a growing wildfire spread in Sonoma County.
