U.S. senator asks J&J for documents on talc, baby powder safety
U.S. Democratic Senator Patty Murray sent a letter to Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday seeking information related to allegations in a Reuters Special Report that the healthcare company knew about the presence of asbestos in its talc-based baby powder.
Chicago police probe assault on ‘Empire’ actor Smollett as hate crime
Chicago police on Tuesday said they were investigating an assault on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett as a possible hate crime after two men yelled racial and homophobic slurs and at one point wrapped a rope around his neck.
Chicago police probe assault on ‘Empire’ actor Smollett as hate crime
Chicago police on Tuesday said they were investigating an assault on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett as a possible hate crime after two men yelled racial and homophobic slurs and at one point wrapped a rope around his neck.
Trump ally Stone pleads not guilty to Russia probe charges
President Donald Trump’s longtime political ally Roger Stone pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he tried to obstruct a congressional investigation into allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election.
Senate committee delays vote on Trump’s attorney general pick
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday postponed a vote on President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, William Barr, as Democrats expressed concern that he might not make public a final report on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia i…
Life-threatening cold grips U.S., could hit minus 50F in Midwest
A blast of arctic-chilled air from the polar vortex brought dangerous, record-setting cold to a wide swath of the eastern United States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas through Maine, with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia.
Assault on ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett could be ‘hate crime’: police
Chicago police on Tuesday said they were investigating an assault on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett as a possible hate crime after two men yelled racial and homophobic slurs and at one point wrapped a rope around his neck.
Trump ally Stone pleads not guilty to U.S. charges in Russia probe
President Donald Trump’s longtime political ally Roger Stone on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to seven criminal counts after becoming the latest member of Trump’s inner circle charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Polar vortex grips large swath of U.S. in record-setting cold
A blast of arctic-chilled air brought dangerous, potentially record-setting cold to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas through to Maine, with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia.
‘We know how to survive,’ but U.S. shutdown cut deep for Native Americans
The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma used a GoFundMe page and its own money to feed its many members who were furloughed or worked without pay during the U.S. government shutdown.
