Factbox: Over 634,000 without power as Florence batters Carolinas
U.S. Southeast power companies said over 634,000 homes and businesses located mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina were without power on Friday after Hurricane Florence hit the coast.
Boston suburbs gas pipeline accident biggest since 2010: safety bureau
Some 8,000 people in Boston’s suburbs had little hope of returning home soon as investigators scrambled on Friday to find out the cause of dozens of gas explosions that destroyed scores of homes in the biggest such accident in nearly a decade.
Factbox: People indicted, convicted, investigated in Trump-Russia probe
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election as part of a plea deal, prosecutors said on Friday.
Factbox: Gas distribution line-related accidents in the United States
Dozens of explosions apparently triggered by a natural gas pipeline rupture rocked three communities in Massachusetts on Thursday, killing at least one person and causing multiple injuries and evacuations.
New York sues U.S. to stop fintech bank charters
New York state’s top banking regulator on Friday sued the federal government to void its decision to award national bank charters to online lenders and payment companies, saying it was unconstitutional and put vulnerable consumers at risk.
Trump ex-campaign head Manafort to cooperate with Russia probe
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will cooperate with the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, prosecutors said on Friday, a dramatic turnaround that deals the U.S. president a political setback.
White House: Manafort plea is unrelated to Trump’s 2016 victory
The White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager’s decision to plead guilty to two criminal counts and to cooperate with a probe into Russian election meddling had nothing to do with Trump’s 2016 victory.
Trump ex-aide Manafort agrees to cooperate as part of guilty plea
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday agreed to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors investigating alleged Russia election meddling as part of his plea agreement, prosecutors told a federal court in Washington.
New York sues U.S. regulator for allowing fintech bank charters
New York state’s top banking regulator on Friday sued the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, seeking to void its decision to begin granting national bank charters to online lenders and payment companies.
Trump ex-campaign aide Manafort to plead guilty in Mueller probe
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will plead guilty to two criminal counts as part of a deal with prosecutors on Friday, court documents showed in what could be a blow to Trump in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s prob…
