Nation Aug 19 De Blasio says justice served by firing officer in Eric Garner case The New York City mayor said Monday he hopes Commissioner James O'Neill's decision to fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo "brings some small measure of closure" to the family of Eric Garner.
Economy Aug 19 U.S. extends reprieve on tech sales to China's Huawei The U.S. government restricted sales of U.S. technology to the Chinese technology giant, but granted a limited temporary reprieve to support existing equipment.
Economy Aug 19 Majority of economists expect a recession by 2021, survey finds Thirty-four percent of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics said they believe a slowing economy will tip into recession in 2021, while 38% predict a recession will occur in 2020.
World Aug 18 Leaked UK memos warn of food, drug shortages in Brexit chaos LONDON — Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European Union without a trade deal on Oct. 31, according to a report. The Sunday Times newspaper published what…
World Aug 18 Rescue workers try to free 2 trapped cavers in Poland Polish media are reporting that more than two dozen rescue experts are trying to free two spelunkers trapped by rising water in a cave in southern Poland.
Politics Aug 16 McConnell undergoes surgery to repair shoulder fracture The sixth-term senator suffered a shoulder fracture in a fall earlier this month when he tripped on his outdoor patio at his Louisville home.
Nation Aug 15 EPA reverses approval for poison traps used by ranchers The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday reversed its preliminary decision allowing continued use of deadly sodium cyanide traps, blamed for injuring people and pets as well as their intended targets of coyotes and other predators.
Politics Aug 15 Trump praises Lewandowski for possible Senate run, hours after former campaign manager subpoenaed Trump praised Lewandowski as "a very outstanding guy" in an interview on the "New Hampshire Today" radio show before an evening rally in the state.
Nation Aug 15 Soap, sleep essential to migrant kids' safety, according to panel of judges A three-judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco dismissed a challenge to a lower court decision that authorities had failed to provide safe and sanitary conditions for the children under the 1997 settlement.
Nation Aug 15 Immigration protesters say 2 hurt when truck drives at them At least two people were injured Wednesday night outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, according to the Jewish youth movement Never Again Action.