Washington state’s top court bans death penalty as biased, arbitrary
Washington became the 20th U.S. state to abolish capital punishment when its Supreme Court struck down the death penalty on Thursday, saying in a unanimous decision that its application was arbitrary and racially biased.
Kanye West’s meeting with Trump provokes scorn, sadness, support
Rapper Kanye West’s televised meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office became the top trending topic on Twitter on Thursday, prompting a range of reaction from concern over the singer’s mental health, to jokes, memes and political co…
Regulator ties pipeline work to deadly Massachusetts gas explosion
A NiSource Inc affiliate failed to require contract repair crews to relocate pressure sensors during natural-gas pipeline work, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday, resulting in overpressured lines that caused explosions an…
Kanye West defends support for Trump, in front of Trump
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Devastated homes, toppled trees mark Michael’s path over Florida
Hurricane Michael’s assault on the Florida Panhandle left nothing more than empty foundations and heaps of rubble in some parts of the small towns it crashed into with near-record force.
Ronald Reagan hologram greets visitors at ex-president’s library
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is making a comeback as a hologram at his official library in California.
U.S. oil firms restore operations in storm-tossed Gulf of Mexico
Major oil producers and drillers, including Exxon Mobil Corp Chevron Corp and BP Plc , on Thursday began returning workers and restoring output at U.S. Gulf of Mexico facilities shut as Hurricane Michael blew through.
Pfizer settles New York probe into ‘deceptive’ copay coupons
Pfizer Inc on Thursday settled charges by New York’s attorney general that it misled consumers in its drug copayment coupon program into thinking they would pay far less to fill prescriptions than they ended up having to shell out.
Trump lunches with Kanye West, will talk justice reform
President Donald Trump and rapper Kanye West were sitting down for lunch at the White House on Thursday to discuss prison reform as Trump seeks to use his celebrity roots to political advantage.
Near 850,000 customers without power in U.S. Southeast after Michael
Almost 850,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast were without power on Thursday, according to local power companies, as the remnants of Hurricane Michael headed northeast over the Carolinas after battering the Florida Panhandle.
