PG&E reaches $11 billion settlement relating to wildfire claims
California power producer PG&E Corp said on Friday it has reached an $11 billion settlement with entities representing about 85% of insurance subrogation claims relating to 2017 and 2018 wildfires.
Houston oil artery reopens after police remove final Greenpeace protesters
The Houston Ship Channel on Friday reopened for vessel traffic, the U.S. Coast Guard said, after the last of 11 protesters who had disrupted traffic by dangling on ropes above the key energy-export waterway was removed by police earlier in the morning….
Georgia man fights for gay rights in Supreme Court ‘Hotlanta’ case
Months after joining the gay-friendly Hotlanta Softball League, Gerald Bostock was out of a job in a Georgia county government office and was convinced he had become the victim of workplace discrimination based on his sexual orientation.
Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country
The U.S. government is paying Texas cotton farmer J. Walt Hagood $145 an acre for losses related to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But Minnesota soybean farmer Betsy Jensen will get just $35 an acre.
Actress Felicity Huffman heads to court for U.S. college scandal sentencing
Actress Felicity Huffman, the first parent to be sentenced in a wide-ranging college admissions scandal, faces prison time on Friday for admittedly paying to rig her daughter’s entrance exam.
Exclusive: While battling opioid crisis, U.S. government weighed using fentanyl for executions
The U.S. Department of Justice examined using fentanyl in lethal injections as it prepared last year to resume executing condemned prisoners, a then untested use of the powerful, addictive opioid that has helped fuel a national crisis of overdose death…
Democrats back on campaign trail after third presidential debate
The Democratic presidential contenders headed back to the campaign trail on Friday after a debate that largely reinforced former Vice President Joe Biden’s front-runner status and left his rivals searching for a formula to knock him out of the top spot…
New storm hits hurricane-ravaged Bahamas, could become tropical storm
A new storm brought rain and wind to the hurricane ravaged Bahamas early Friday, with the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) warning it could turn into a tropical storm.
Democrats in presidential debate hint at no swift end to China tariffs
Democratic presidential hopefuls criticized President Donald Trump’s trade war with China but gave no hint they would work toward a quick resolution if elected, pledging during their debate on Thursday to hold Beijing accountable for “corrupt” practice…
U.S. Democrats in presidential debate hint at no swift end to China tariffs
Democratic presidential hopefuls criticized President Donald Trump’s trade war with China but gave no hint they would work toward a quick resolution if elected, pledging during their debate on Thursday to hold Beijing accountable for “corrupt” practice…
