Senate Judiciary Democrats seek delay of vote on Trump’s top court nominee
All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday called on the panel’s Republican chairman to postpone Thursday’s planned vote on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a day after a woman accusing him of sexua…
UPS to hire about 100,000 workers for holiday season
United Parcel Service Inc would hire about 100,000 temporary employees for the crucial holiday season beginning in November, the U.S. package delivery company said on Monday.
Trump court pick Kavanaugh calls sexual misconduct accusation ‘completely false’
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, said on Monday that an accusation of sexual misconduct against him was “completely false” and that the incident “never happened.”
Trump high court pick Kavanaugh’s accuser willing to testify, lawyer says
A woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, of sexual misconduct decades ago is willing to publicly testify before a Senate panel set to vote this week on his nomination, her lawyer said on Monday.
Over 509,000 customers without power in Carolinas after Florence
More than 509,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast, mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina, were still without power on Monday after Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast on Friday, power companies said.
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s accuser willing to testify: lawyer
A woman who has accused President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual misconduct decades ago is willing to publicly testify before a Senate panel set to vote this week on his nomination, her lawyer said on Monday.
‘This woman will be heard’ – White House adviser on Kavanaugh accuser
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Monday the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will be heard as part of sworn testmiony before the committee weighing his nomination.
Worst flooding yet to come for waterlogged Carolinas
Deadly storm Florence moved across western North Carolina early on Monday, dumping more rain that has nowhere to go except to swell rivers, flood highways and homes, and threaten more lives as it heads toward Virginia and New England.
Trial begins Monday for Chicago officer accused of murdering black teen
The trial of white Chicago policeman Jason Van Dyke, accused of murder in the 2014 shooting of a black teen, was set to begin on Monday in a decisive case for race relations and policing in the United States’ third-largest city.
Florence to become an extratropical cyclone by Tuesday: NHC
Tropical depression Florence is expected to weaken on Monday before re-intensifying as it transitions to an extratropical cyclone Tuesday and Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
