Rain complicates grim task of finding remains of California wildfire
Steady rain in northern California doused the state’s most deadly wildfire on Friday, but it turned ash from thousands of destroyed homes into slurry, complicating work to find bodies reduced to bone fragments.
Clashing with Trump, U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy
Climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday that the White House called inaccurate.
Trump takes bid to restrict transgender troops to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from military service, declining to wait for decisions from federal appeals courts current…
Missouri ‘duck boat’ firm settles fatal sinking lawsuit: report
The company that operated a World War Two-style “duck boat” that sank on a Missouri lake in July killing 17 people has settled a lawsuit with the family of two of the victims, according to a newspaper report.
Trump fails to end New York lawsuit over his charity
A New York state judge rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss a lawsuit in which New York’s attorney general accused him of misusing his namesake foundation to advance his 2016 presidential campaign and his businesses.
Trump takes bid to restrict transgender troops to U.S. Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the military, declining to wait for the decisions from federal appeals cou…
Utah teens steal propeller plane and fly it low over highway
Two teenagers stole a small plane in a rural area of eastern Utah on Thursday, flying it at low altitude over a highway and landing at a regional airport before being arrested, officials said.
U.S. report says climate change will batter economy, in clash with Trump
Climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, damaging everything from human health to infrastructure and agricultural production, according to a government report issued on Friday.
USOC aware of sex abuse since early 1990s: court documents
The United States Olympic Committee was informed of sexual abuse in gymnastics more than two decades ago, long before the sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar became a high-profile scandal, according to federal court filings.
Rain helps douse California fires, but raises landslide risk
More rain is forecast for northern California over the weekend, boosting firefighters’ efforts to extinguish the last of the wildfires that have raged there for two weeks, but raises the risk of flash floods and landslides in the scorched Sierra Nevada…
