Democrat Harris clarifies: she won’t ban private health insurance
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris was forced to clarify her position on private health insurance again on Friday, an unwelcome distraction from a standout debate performance that her campaign said drew a surge of financial contributi…
Second U.S. Democratic debate sets TV ratings record
The second debate among Democrats running for U.S. president attracted 18.1 million television viewers across three networks, a record audience for a Democratic primary face-off, NBC News said on Friday.
Charlottesville neo-Nazi sentenced to life, judge says ‘too great a risk’ to release
A federal judge imposed a life sentence on the self-described neo-Nazi who killed Heather Heyer by crashing his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a white supremacist rally, saying release would be “too great a ri…
Former Abraaj executive pleads guilty to U.S. charges
A former executive of collapsed Dubai private equity firm Abraaj Capital Ltd on Friday pleaded guilty to U.S. fraud and conspiracy charges, admitting that he lied to investors about the firm’s financial health and track record.
Missouri’s only abortion clinic to stay open until at least August 1
Missouri’s only abortion clinic will remain open for now after a state arbiter on Friday ordered a stay in response to Planned Parenthood’s challenge of the state health department’s refusal to renew the clinic’s license.
Instant View: USDA corn acreage estimate exceeds trade expectations
U.S. farmers planted 91.7 million acres of corn and 80.0 million acres of soybeans in 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
U.S. corn plantings top expectations despite floods; prices sink
U.S. farmers planted more corn than expected despite heavy rains and flooding that market watchers had said kept farmers out of the fields for much of the spring, the U.S. government said on Friday.
Graphic video of neo-Nazi killing protestor played in Virginia court
A self-described neo-Nazi wearing prison stripes and the mother of the protestor he killed at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, watched a video at his sentencing hearing on Friday showing his car ramming into the crowd.
Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to ditch ‘Dreamers’ immigration program
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump acted lawfully when he moved to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, a…
U.S. charges New York man who boasted of huge investment returns with fraud
A New York man who boasted of generating returns of 362% in fewer than five years by day-trading Standard & Poor’s 500 futures contracts was charged by U.S. authorities on Friday with defrauding investors out of more than $19 million and spending much of it on luxuries.
