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.
PG&E settles wildfire claims with insurers for $11 billion
PG&E Corp said on Friday it has reached an $11 billion settlement to resolve most claims by insurance carriers related to 2017 and 2018 wildfires in California.
Chicago brokerage to pay $1.5 million for cyber attack lapses: U.S. CFTC
The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Friday that a Chicago-based futures brokerage will pay a total of $1.5 million for letting cyber criminals breach the firm’s email systems and withdraw $1 million from a customer’s account….
UAW and Ford, FCA agree to temporary labor contract extensions
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has agreed to temporary extensions of its collective bargaining agreements with Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV to allow more time for talks on new four-year contracts, a union spokesman said.
