As wildfire rages, LA’s ‘fire proof’ Getty Museum sees no risk to art
When a fast-moving wildfire licked up to the fringes of the sprawling Getty Center complex on Tuesday, the staff of the Los Angeles museum betrayed no sign of panic, confident that its priceless art was safe and secure within its walls.
J&J says new tests find no asbestos in same baby power bottle that sparked recall
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that 15 new tests found no asbestos in a bottle of baby powder that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration previously said had tested positive for trace amounts of asbestos.
U.S. House Democrats unveil bill outlining impeachment inquiry next steps
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled legislation formally laying out next steps in their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, which authorizes public committee hearings and the public release of transcripts of cl…
Chicago teachers union calls meeting of delegates, cautions no deal yet
The Chicago Teachers Union summoned hundreds of its leaders for a Tuesday evening update on a nine-day-old strike but said negotiators had not yet reached a tentative deal to end the walkout in the third-largest school district in the United States.
Uber says will not share electric bike rider data with Los Angeles
Uber Technologies Inc said it would not share real-time location data of its electric bike riders with the city of Los Angeles, saying it would violate their privacy.
Illegal migration at southern border remains a “crisis” despite slowdown, U.S. says
Arrests at or near the U.S. border with Mexico fell to their lowest monthly total of the year in September but the fiscal year total was up 88 percent, indicating illegal immigration remained a crisis, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Prosecutors accuse ex-Trump adviser Flynn of trying to walk-back guilty plea
U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn of making “an extraordinary reversal” to try to undo his sworn admission that he lied to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators a…
Chicago teachers strike hits ninth day as union, district bargain
The 300,000 students of Chicago’s public schools went a ninth day without classes on Tuesday as district officials and striking teachers returned to the bargaining table, where they are trying to hash out the union’s demands on class size, support staf…
U.S. apprehensions at Mexican border up 88% this year: CBP
U.S. border officials apprehended or rejected 970,000 people at or near the border with Mexico in the year through September, an 88% jump from a year earlier, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan said on Tuesday.
Ex-California governor slams GM for backing Trump on tailpipe emissions
Former California Governor Jerry Brown slammed General Motors Co on Tuesday for siding with the Trump administration in its bid to bar California from setting its own fuel efficiency and tailpipe emission rules for passenger cars and trucks.
