California hotel employee charged with threatening workplace attack
A California man who threatened to attack a Marriott hotel where he worked because he was upset over an employment-related issue has been arrested on weapons charges, Long Beach police said.
Fox News signs former White House press secretary as contributor
Fox News, owned by Fox Corp, has signed former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders as a contributor to its channels, it said on Thursday.
Former Republican lawmaker leaning toward Trump challenge
Joe Walsh, a conservative former U.S. congressman turned talk show host, said on Thursday he was leaning toward a Republican primary challenge to President Donald Trump, calling him a liar and a bully who is unfit for office.
An African American mother and daughter journey to their family’s past in Ghana
Halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, the plane carrying Tani Sanchez and her daughter Tani Sylvester on a heritage tour to Ghana crossed paths with a powerful storm.
Ex-presidential candidate Hickenlooper to run for Senate
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race last week, said on Thursday he would run for a Senate seat in the state instead.
Florida to execute man convicted of killing gay men during crime spree in 1994
A man convicted of targeting three gay men who had befriended him before he bludgeoned and suffocated them during an eight-month crime spree in 1994 is scheduled to be executed in Florida on Thursday.
Bernie Sanders proposes $16.3 trillion Green New Deal plan
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiled a climate change strategy on Thursday that would mobilize $16.3 trillion to help the U.S. generate 100% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 and achieve “full decarbonization” by 2050.
Graphic: Factory woes grip swing states that flipped for Trump in 2016
A slowdown in U.S. manufacturing is hitting jobs in states that flipped to Donald Trump in the 2016 election and that will be key to the Republican president’s re-election prospects in 2020.
As economic warning signs flash, Trump, Democratic rivals recalibrate messages
After two years touting a booming economy as his own doing, U.S. President Donald Trump is test driving a new message on the economy: Any chance of a recession is not his fault. But Democrats, who are shifting their message too, seem to be saying “not …
Explainer: What are the obstacles to Bayer settling Roundup lawsuits?
Bayer AG is in mediation to potentially settle thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming that the company’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer, but some legal experts said the cases raises novel questions that may prevent an easy settlement.
