Harris County plans lawsuit against Valero for Houston refinery pollution
Harris County in Texas plans to sue Valero Energy Corp for pollution from its Houston refinery, the head of the county’s environmental law department said on Friday.
Lady Gaga fires up LGBTQ rally for Stonewall anniversary
Lady Gaga electrified thousands of revelers who gathered in New York on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ rights movement, exhorting the crowd to honor the past by using its “power” to extend and defend a half-century of progress.
Alabama prosecutors weigh manslaughter indictment of woman who lost fetus in shooting
Eight weeks after an Alabama grand jury indicted a woman for manslaughter over the loss of her fetus in a shooting she was accused of provoking, a state district attorney’s office said on Friday it was still considering whether to prosecute the case.
Trump administration declares emergency in violence-plagued rural Alaska
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Friday declared a public-safety emergency in rural Alaska and pledged $10.5 million in federal funds to combat some of the nation’s worst rates of sexual assault, child abuse and other violent crimes.
‘Enough is enough’: Lady Gaga fires up Stonewall anniversary rally
Lady Gaga electrified thousands of revelers who gathered in New York on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ rights movement, exhorting the crowd to honor the past by using its “power” to extend and defend a half-century of progress.
Factbox: How each U.S. Democratic candidate performed in the party’s first debates
Four hours and 20 candidates later, Democrats completed their first round of presidential primary debates on Thursday.
Biden tries to limit the damage from debate blow
In an effort to steady his presidential campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden engaged in some furious damage control on Friday, a day after rival candidate Kamala Harris hurt him in the most dramatic clash so far of the 2020 election campaign.
Teens behind octogenarian Gravel’s long-shot 2020 campaign tweet from debate sidelines
After former Senator Mike Gravel failed to make the Democratic debate stage this week, the two teens running the 89-year-old’s long-shot U.S. presidential campaign used their spot on the sidelines trying to attract new supporters through social media.
At New York’s Stonewall, a celebration of ‘brave souls who said enough’
Thousands of people gathered in New York on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ rights movement and decry what activists view as a campaign by the Trump administration to reverse half a century of progress for their cause.
Biden defends civil-rights record after U.S. debate attack
A day after coming under attack by fellow presidential candidate Kamala Harris in a debate, former Vice President Joe Biden defended his record on Friday, arguing that the fiery exchange did not reflect his “lifetime commitment to civil rights.”
