WTA roundup: Pliskova snaps Osaka streak for title
Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova handed U.S. Open champ Naomi Osaka a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to claim the title at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
California urges Trump administration to abandon fuel rule plan
California’s top air regulator urged the Trump administration on Sunday to abandon a plan to freeze fuel efficiency standards through 2026, as automakers urged state and federal regulators to reach agreement to extend nationwide rules.
Accuser of Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to testify on Thursday
The university professor who has accused Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault will testify before a Senate panel on Thursday about her allegation, her lawyers and the committee said on Sunday.
Accuser of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh to testify on Thursday
California professor Christine Blasey Ford has agreed to testify before a Senate panel on Thursday morning about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, her lawyers said on Sunday.
Texan who published 3-D guns plans jailed on sex assault charge
A Texas man running a 3-D printed guns company was booked into a Houston jail on a charge of sexual assault on Sunday after Taiwanese officials sent him back to the United States, where he is accused of having sex with an underage girl.
Kavanaugh accuser to testify Thursday in Senate: lawyers
California professor Christine Blasey Ford has agreed to testify on Thursday morning before a U.S. Senate panel about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, her lawyers said on Sunday.
Cosby sentencing is new milestone for #MeToo movement
When a grainy video of standup comedian Hannibal Buress making a joke about Bill Cosby’s rape allegations on an October night in 2014 went viral, the rallying cry of #MeToo was years away.
Danger remains even as flood waters recede in Hurricane Florence’s aftermath
Rivers and waterways in North and South Carolina were expected to crest on Sunday and remain at dangerous flood levels for days, the U.S. National Weather Service warned more than a week after the arrival of Hurricane Florence, which has killed at leas…
Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude strikes off Guam: USGS
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the U.S. territory of Guam on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s accuser tentatively agrees to testify on Thursday: media
A woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has tentatively agreed to testify before a Senate panel on Thursday, according to media reports.
