Alaska’s Fat Bear contest crowns Holly `Queen of Corpulence’
A rotund and furry grandma bear has been crowned the fattest of them all.
Squirrels’ stash of winter walnuts causes car chaos
Squirreling away supplies for winter took on a whole new meaning for a couple in the United States, after they discovered a hoodful of walnuts and grass in their car.
Birthplace of U.S. civil rights movement elects first black mayor
Montgomery, the capital of the southern U.S. state of Alabama, known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement for its 1950s bus boycotts over segregated seating, has elected the first black mayor in its 200-year history.
Trump and U.S. Democrats jockey for position in deepening impeachment battle
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives was set on Wednesday to step up its impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump over his dealings with Ukraine, as the White House declared it would not cooperate with the probe.
UAW union pushes GM to boost U.S. auto production
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union’s top negotiator in talks with General Motors Co (GM) to resolve a more than three-week strike said late Tuesday a key issue separating the two sides is job security.
California wildfire risk prompts planned mass cutoff of PG&E power
Nearly 800,000 California homes and businesses can expect to lose electricity for up to several days from Wednesday, in a planned PG&E power shutdown of unprecedented scale due to heightened wildfire risks from high winds, the utility said.
Pelosi blasts White House for refusing to cooperate in Trump impeachment probe
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday President Donald Trump “will be held accountable” after the White House said it would refuse to cooperate with the congressional impeachment inquiry of the Republican president.
U.S. senators call for probe of Brazilian meatpacker JBS
Two U.S. senators called on the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday to open an investigation into the world’s largest meat processing company, Brazil’s JBS S.A. , due to alleged ties with the Venezuelan government of leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
White House calls House impeachment probe unconstitutional
The White House on Tuesday rejected an impeachment inquiry launched by Democrats in the House of Representatives as “constitutionally invalid” and said it would refuse to cooperate with the probe absent a vote of the full House.
House Democrats subpoena U.S. diplomat Sondland in Trump impeachment probe
House of Representatives Democrats subpoenaed U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland on Tuesday after he did not appear for a deposition in their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
