Nov 20 Stocks slide on Wall Street over new trade war concerns By Alex Veiga, Associated Press Stocks moved broadly lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors turned anxious about the possibility that the U.S. and China may not reach a trade deal before next year. Continue reading
Nov 20 Lights out in California again with high wildfire danger By Janie Har, Associated Press Pacific Gas & Electric Co. began shutting off electricity Wednesday to 375,000 people in Northern and central California to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires. Continue reading
Nov 20 Divided U.S. House committee backs pot decriminalization By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press The House Judiciary Committee approved the proposal 24-10 after more than two hours of debate. It would reverse a longstanding federal prohibition by removing marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, while allowing states to set their own rules on pot. Continue reading
Nov 20 GM sues Fiat Chrysler over union bribes By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The lawsuit alleges that Fiat Chrysler corrupted the bargaining process with the UAW in the 2009, 2011 and 2015 union contracts to gain advantages over General Motors. Continue reading
Nov 20 Why you shouldn’t say ‘OK boomer’ at work By Elizabeth C. Tippett, The Conversation Under federal law, you can be fired for saying "ok boomer" but not for millennial put-downs. Continue reading
Nov 20 Disney Plus blames past hacks for user accounts sold online By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Disney reiterated Wednesday that it found no evidence of a security breach and that account problems are limited to “a very small percentage of users” of Disney Plus. Continue reading
Nov 20 New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ inspires a book series By Associated Press The books will be overseen in part by Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, the initiator of the “1619 Project,” and by Jake Silverstein, editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine. Continue reading
Nov 20 Few Americans believe what they hear in campaign ads, media, polls says By Nicholas Riccardi, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press This latest Associated Press-NORC poll paints a picture of a country deeply insecure about separating truth from falsehood. Continue reading
Nov 20 Sondland, a central witness in Trump impeachment inquiry, testifies By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Gordon Sondland, a wealthy hotelier Trump tapped as his ambassador to the European Union, is more directly entangled than any witness yet in the Republican president’s efforts to get Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and Democrats in the… Continue reading
Nov 19 Episode 3: When things go wrong By Vika Aronson, Frank Carlson, Amna Nawaz, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry The American justice system is based around the idea that you can get to the truth when two opposing sides make their cases in court. But what happens if your defense attorney is so overloaded they can’t handle the case… Continue reading