Ethanol vs. environment: Democratic hopefuls campaign on clashing agendas
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is a champion of the corn-based ethanol industry when she campaigns in rural towns dotting the U.S. Farm Belt.
Networks invite Democratic presidential candidates to climate change town halls
U.S. cable networks CNN and MSNBC have invited Democratic presidential candidates to participate in televised town hall events in September focused on climate change after activists and some candidates pressured party officials for months to host a deb…
House panel chairman says Mueller court action imminent
U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said he will go to court on Friday to seek access to grand jury evidence compiled by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presid…
Governor resignation sparks power struggle in Puerto Rico
The resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor after mass protests has sparked a succession battle, and the winner could be a Washington corporate lawyer not directly linked to his administration, which has been dogged by corruption scandals.
No ‘day in court’: U.S. deportation orders blindside some families
Carin, a 39-year-old subsistence farmer from Honduras, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her two sons late last year. They had fled after her political organizing led to threats of violence, she said, and intended to claim asylum.
U.S. presidential hopeful Harris would spend $60 billion on historically black colleges
Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris on Friday unveiled a plan to invest $60 billion in historically black colleges and universities if elected, the latest effort by the U.S. senator from California to reach out to black voters.
In New York, a diverse, new group works the soil
Sporting a backwards gray cap, studded earrings and a thin, head-to-toe layer of dirt, Layton Guenther took a break from the day’s fieldwork to talk about their path from an upper-middle-class suburb to a Long Island, New York, farm.
U.S. lawmakers grill e-cigarette maker Juul over efforts targeted at schoolchildren
E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc funded a “holistic health education” camp as part of efforts to market directly to school-aged children, members of a U.S. congressional panel said on Thursday, citing internal company documents.
California judges overturn death penalty for avowed white supremacist
The California Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the death penalty conviction of an avowed white supremacist, saying the prosecutor cited inflammatory evidence to sway the jury, such as the defendant’s neo-Nazi tattoos, court records showed.
Four people shot dead, two wounded in Los Angeles shooting spree
Four people were shot dead and two wounded on Thursday in a shooting spree that spread across four three Los Angeles neighborhoods and touched off a 12-hour manhunt before police tackled and arrested an armed suspect.
