DECEMBER 26, 2018
A freight train that carries coal to the W.A. Parish power plant in Thompsons, Texas. - Gabriella Demczuk / NY Times
For nearly two years, President Trump has pursued an aggressive, far-reaching effort, lobbied for and cheered on by industry, to free American business from what he and many of his supporters view as excessive environmental regulation.
The consequences...
DECEMBER 25, 2018
The empty U.S. Capitol Rotunda is seen during a partial government shutdown in Washington, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. Both sides in the long-running fight over funding President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall appear to have moved toward each other, but a shutdown of one-fourth of the federal government entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight. (AP...
DECEMBER 25, 2018
President Trump shut down his Donald J. Trump Foundation, the subject of a lawsuit alleging Trump used the charity's money for personal and political gain. (Joyce Koh, Breanna Muir/The Washington Post)
NEW YORK - President Trump has agreed to shut down his embattled personal charity and to give away its remaining money amid allegations that he used the...
DECEMBER 25, 2018
The decline in domestic fuel prices comes amid the recent fall in global crude oil prices. (Representational Image) - IANS
Petrol price in Delhi fell below the Rs 70-per-litre mark on Monday for the first time after January and recorded the lowest level in 2018 at Rs 69.86 per litre.
On Sunday, petrol was sold at Rs...
DECEMBER 24, 2018
U.S. stocks plunged on Monday in their worst Christmas Eve trading ever, as the S&P 500 entered a bear market.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 653 points Monday in volatile trading, falling below 22,000. The Dow sank more than 2 percent, then recovered nearly all of the day’s losses, before again falling more than 2 percent....
DECEMBER 23, 2018
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) blasted President Trump on Sunday after Trump claimed that the Republican was forced to retire after not getting the president's support.
"Yes, just like Mexico is paying for the wall," Corker tweeted, before using the hashtag "#AlertTheDaycareStaff."
Yes, just like Mexico is paying for the wall... #AlertTheDaycareStaff https://t.co/4LwrkrSFFr
- Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) December 23, 2018
Coker...
DECEMBER 23, 2018
PANDEGLANG, Indonesia - A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed caused by the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, officials and media said on Sunday.
Hundreds of homes and other buildings were "heavily damaged" when the tsunami struck, almost without warning, along the rim...
DECEMBER 22, 2018
A traveler walks outside a Greyhound bus station in Chicago in 2007. The bus company is expanding alerts to passengers about their rights when federal immigration agents board buses demanding identification and proof of citizenship. - Nam Y. Huh/AP
Greyhound Lines is expanding alerts to passengers about their rights should immigration agents board buses to demand identification and...
DECEMBER 22, 2018
Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, testifying early this year on Capitol Hill. — Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The company agreed to overhaul its privacy practices about seven years ago. After a yearlong string of news reports that have called Facebook’s data-sharing practices into question, federal regulators are taking a hard look at how the social...
DECEMBER 22, 2018
In recent years, Lakers forward LeBron James has become increasingly vocal on political matters and race relations. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
For LeBron James, the fundamental difference between the NBA and the NFL is the level of respect shown to players by the respective leagues and their team owners. The Lakers forward, who in recent years has become an...
