Tropical Storm Nestor forms near the U.S. Gulf Coast
Nestor forms as the fourteenth named storm in the Atlantic and is expected to approach the northern Gulf Coast later on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Opioids settlement could be near, lawyer for local governments says
Executives from several large healthcare companies and state attorneys general were progressing toward what is expected to be a multibillion-dollar deal to resolve the sprawling litigation over the U.S. opioid epidemic, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said on Fri…
Opioid litigation talks can ‘get a long way’ to deal: lawyer
Executives from several large healthcare companies and state attorneys general were progressing toward what is expected to be a multibillion dollar deal to resolve the sprawling litigation over the U.S. opioid epidemic, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said Friday…
U.S. Republicans plan vote to censure Democrat Schiff, face of impeachment inquiry
Republican lawmakers will bring a motion to censure the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, on Monday, a largely symbolic act by the minority party to express dismay about the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Do…
Chicago teachers strike enters second day as union presses broad list of demands
A teachers strike in Chicago entered its second day on Friday as union leaders reported some headway at the bargaining table, where negotiators were trying to resolve differences that have idled the third-largest U.S. school district.
U.S. energy chief says departure has ‘absolutely nothing’ to do with Ukraine
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Friday the controversy over the Trump administration’s handling of Ukraine had nothing to do with his resignation, adding he did not know whether he would cooperate with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
Chicago teachers strike enters second day as contract talks proceed
The Chicago teachers strike entered its second day on Friday as union leaders reported some headway at the bargaining table, where negotiators are trying to resolve differences that have idled the third-largest U.S. school district.
What Hunter Biden did on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma
By Polina Ivanova, Maria Tsvetkova, Ilya Zhegulev and Luke Baker
Former Hercules Capital CEO to plead guilty to U.S. college admissions scam
A former chief executive of specialty finance lender Hercules Capital Inc has agreed to plead guilty to participating in what authorities say is the largest college admissions scam uncovered in the United States, prosecutors said on Friday.
Rick Perry’s departure has ‘nothing’ to do with Ukraine: White House spokeswoman
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s decision to step down by the end of the year had “absolutely nothing” to do with controversy over President Trump’s Ukraine policy, White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said on Friday.
