Texas power demand to hit record highs as heat bakes state
Demand for electricity in Texas will reach record levels on Monday and Tuesday as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a heat wave baking much of the U.S. Southeast, according to projections by the state’s power grid operator.
Still feelin’ groovy: Woodstock photo couple together after all these years
Fifty years ago, Nick and Bobbi Ercoline were just another young couple camped out at the Woodstock festival.
Tyson to rebuild plant after fire, assures weekly pay for full-time workers
U.S. meat processor Tyson Foods Inc said on Monday it will rebuild a Kansas beef plant after a fire heavily damaged the facility last week and that full-time, active employees would be paid weekly until production resumes.
U.S. records 10 new cases of measles last week
The United States recorded 10 new measles cases last week, taking the total cases for the year to 1,182, in the worst outbreak since 1992, federal health officials said on Monday.
Trump administration moves to block immigrants who may need government aid
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled a new rule on Monday that could deny visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor.
New U.S. rule could disqualify half of visa applicants
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled a new rule on Monday that could deny permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor.
Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris seeks campaign jolt in pivotal Iowa
It was on the third day of a five-day bus tour across Iowa last week that 2020 White House contender Kamala Harris finally seemed to hit her stride.
Cosby’s lawyers, claiming unfair trial, seek to overturn his sex assault conviction
Lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby on Monday will ask a Pennsylvania appeals court to throw out his sexual assault conviction, arguing the trial judge committed errors that deprived him of a fair trial.
French minister demands investigation into Epstein’s activities in France
Marlene Schiappa, France’s gender equality minister, called on Monday for an investigation into the activities in France of Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. financier found dead in an apparent suicide while being held on sex-trafficking charges.
Five children die, two teens escape from burning Pennsylvania house
Five children died and other people were rescued from an early-morning fire at a home that operated as a daycare center in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, officials and news media reported.
