Buttigieg opens fundraisers to media after tension over donor influence
U.S. Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg held his first fundraiser open to press coverage on Tuesday after facing pressure from rival Elizabeth Warren to be more transparent.
Climate change hitting top U.S. fishery in the Arctic: NOAA
Climate change is causing chaos in the Bering Sea, home to one of America’s largest fisheries, an example of how rising temperatures can rapidly change ecosystems important to the economy, U.S. federal government scientists said in a report on Tuesday….
Church nativity scene depicts Holy Family as caged refugees
A Methodist church in Southern California has turned a classic Christmas tradition – the Nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus – into a statement about immigration by putting the Holy Family in cages.
U.S. House to vote on massive defense bill Wednesday, Democrats divided
The U.S. House of Representatives is due to vote on Wednesday – and likely pass – a $738 billion defense bill setting policy on everything from family leave to fighter jets, despite opposition among some Democrats who control the chamber.
At least six dead, including two suspected gunmen, in Jersey City shooting
At least six people, including one police officer and two suspected gunmen, were killed in a shootout around a New Jersey grocery store across the Hudson River from Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a security lockdown of area schools, official…
U.S. Senate leader McConnell raises possibility of quick impeachment trial
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell raised the prospect on Tuesday of a short Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump in which no witnesses would be called.
Multiple people dead, including a police officer, in Jersey City shooting
Several people, including at least one police officer, were killed in a shootout around a New Jersey grocery store across the Hudson River from Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a security lockdown of area schools, officials and local media sai…
U.S. agency urges closing ‘loophole’ on tourist helicopter flights after fatal crash
U.S. safety regulators said the primary cause of a March 2018 helicopter crash that killed five tourists on a photo-shoot trip over New York City was the use of a supplemental harness tether system that triggered an engine failure.
Exxon Mobil scores win in New York climate change lawsuit
Exxon Mobil Corp won a major victory in a closely-watched lawsuit on Tuesday when a judge ruled that the company did not defraud investors out of up to $1.6 billion by hiding the true cost of climate change regulation.
Pennsylvania court rejects Bill Cosby’s appeal of sex assault conviction
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday dismissed Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction, rejecting his lawyers’ argument that a judge deprived the comedian of a fair trial by allowing other accusers to testify.
