U.S. judge gives preliminary OK to $48 million Volkswagen investor settlement
A U.S. judge in California has granted preliminary approval to a $48 million settlement for investors who said Volkswagen AG made false and misleading statements over its excess diesel emissions.
Pentagon appears poised to extend Mexico border deployment
The Pentagon received a request on Friday from the Trump administration to extend its deployment of troops to the U.S. border with Mexico beyond a Dec. 15 authorization date to the end of January, officials said.
Pentagon gets request to extend Mexico border deployment
The Pentagon has received a request from within the Trump administration to extend the deployment of troops to the border with Mexico, which otherwise would have ended on Dec. 15, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymit…
U.S. wants new aviation standard to expand passenger data collection
The United States is pushing for a new global aviation standard by late 2019 that would expand the collection of passenger records from airlines, a high-ranking state department official said on Friday, in a move that would help combat terrorism while …
Powerful earthquake rattles Alaska, no injuries reported
A powerful earthquake shook southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting traffic and knocking television stations off the air in the state’s largest city, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Driver in Charlottesville rally never braked, photographer testifies
A photojournalist who took a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the car plowing into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year said in court on Friday that no image in the series showed its brake lights on.
Alaska hit by strong earthquake, tsunami warning canceled
A powerful earthquake shook southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting traffic and knocking television stations off the air in its largest city.
N.Y. judge strikes down policy tying funds to immigration compliance
The Trump administration cannot compel states and cities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities as a condition for receiving millions of dollars in federal law enforcement funds, a New York federal judge ruled on Friday.
Hymns then blood: victims testify at Charlottesville rally trial
Before the car hit him, there was an upbeat atmosphere among those protesting a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year, a student has recalled in court.
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Alaska: USGS
A magnitude 6.7 quake struck just south of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
