Eddie Money, rock ‘n’ roll hitmaker and reality TV star, dies at 70
American rock star Eddie Money, whose hits including “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On” formed part of the power pop soundtrack of the late 1970s and early 1980s, died in Los Angeles on Friday at age 70, his family said in a statement.
Biden, fellow Democrats back on campaign trail after third presidential debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail on Friday after a Democratic debate that largely reinforced his front-runner status for the party’s presidential nomination, leaving his rivals searching for how to wrest away the top spot….
White House to roll out tax cut plan mid-2020
The Trump administration plans to unveil a tax cut plan in mid-2020, a top White House adviser said on Friday, saying it would be targeted to giving significant relief to the middle class.
Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at court for U.S. college scandal sentencing
Actress Felicity Huffman, the first parent set to be sentenced in a wide-ranging U.S. college admissions cheating scandal, faces possible prison time on Friday after pleading guilty to paying to rig her daughter’s entrance exam.
Greenpeace members face felony charges in Houston bridge protest
Texas authorities on Friday charged climate change protesters who shut down the largest U.S. energy-export port for a day by dangling on ropes from a bridge in Houston.
Parents of murdered Democratic staffer Seth Rich can sue Fox News: U.S. court
A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit against Fox News Network over its reporting on Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee employee whose unsolved murder sparked uncorroborated right-wing conspiracy theories.
Bahamas relief operation frustrated by approach of new storm
A storm system threatening the Bahamas with more heavy downpours and strong winds on Friday hampered the search for 1,300 people missing in the wake of the worst hurricane in the nation’s history and a massive humanitarian operation to help survivors.
Bankrupt Philadelphia refinery to get $50 million insurance payment: documents
Insurers of a fire-damaged Philadelphia refinery have indicated they would make a $50 million initial advance payment in connection with a June blaze that led to the plant’s closure, court documents showed.
Houston climate protesters charged with violating ‘infrastructure law’: sheriff
Climate protesters, who dangled beneath a bridge on Thursday shutting the channel to the nation’s busiest petrochemical port at Houston, were charged on Friday with violating a new Texas law that protects ‘critical infrastructure’, the Harris County Sh…
Scandal-hit UAW agrees to contract extensions with Ford, FCA
The United Auto Workers union agreed to temporary contract extensions with Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV on Friday as it grappled with a federal corruption probe that has implicated its president.
