U.S. senators call for banning, prosecuting ‘slumlords’ of military housing
U.S. senators on Tuesday demanded the Defense Department crack down on private landlords who provide substandard housing at military bases with criminal prosecutions or contract cancellations, citing Reuters reports of slum-like living conditions and f…
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward BP unit in Montana Superfund case
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to shield a unit of British oil major BP Plc from claims seeking a more extensive cleanup of a Superfund hazardous waste site in Montana than what federal environmental officials had ordered.
U.S. regions hard hit by opioids to ditch class action, pursue own lawsuits
Local governments in regions hard hit by the U.S. opioid epidemic have opted out of massive litigation taking aim at the drug industry over the crisis, potentially weakening a novel legal mechanism created to help settle thousands of lawsuits.
U.S. shoppers, mostly online, spend 16% more over holiday weekend
A record number of U.S. consumers spent more online and in stores over the holiday weekend for everything from clothing to toys, the National Retail Federation said on Tuesday.
Student, officer wounded in second Wisconsin school shooting
An armed student confronted a police officer and both were wounded on Tuesday in the second high school shooting in Wisconsin in two days, both of which prompted lockdowns.
New Jersey mayor sues New York City over moving homeless with ‘offer they can’t refuse’
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s administration has sued New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, accusing the fellow Democrat of dumping his city’s population of homeless people on New Jersey’s biggest city.
UK’s Raab presses U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo on road death case
British foreign minister Dominic Raab met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday and discussed the case of Briton Harry Dunn, who was killed in a road accident involving a U.S. diplomat’s wife.
PG&E failed to inspect transmission lines that caused deadly 2018 wildfire: state probe
Bankrupt California power producer PG&E Corp did not properly inspect and replace transmission lines before a faulty wire sparked a wildfire that killed more than 80 people in 2018, a probe by a state regulator has concluded.
Explainer: How does impeachment of a U.S. president work?
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold its first impeachment hearing on Dec. 4, starting a new phase of the inquiry that could lead to formal charges against President Donald Trump within weeks.
House panel impeachment report to be released Tuesday: Schiff
A U.S. House Intelligence Committee report laying out the Democratic case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment will be publicly released on Tuesday, the panel’s chairman said in a television interview.
