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PG&E files for bankruptcy amid wildfire lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. filed for bankruptcy Tuesday as the largest U.S. utility faces billions of dollars in potential damages stemming from wildfires in California. The util...
Jan 29, 2019
China tells US to stop 'unreasonable crackdown' on Huawei
BEIJING - China called on Washington on Tuesday to "stop the unreasonable crackdown" on Huawei after the United States stepped up pressure on the tech giant by indicting it on charges of stealing tech...
Jan 29, 2019
DOJ's Whitaker says Russia probe 'close' to being completed
WASHINGTON - The special counsel's Russia probe is "close to being completed," the acting attorney general said in the first official sign that the investigation may be wrapping up. Acting Attorney Ge...
Jan 29, 2019
Trump confidant Roger Stone to face federal judge in DC
WASHINGTON - After a publicity-filled weekend spent asserting his innocence and slamming investigators, Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone will appear before a federal judge who may look to muzzle him...
Jan 29, 2019
Top Pakistani court upholds acquittal, frees Christian woman
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, clearing the last legal hurdle and freeing Aasia Bibi to leave the country in a ...
Jan 29, 2019
French yellow vest movement dogged by intolerance, extremism
PARIS - Intolerance and conspiracy theories have haunted the margins of France's "yellow vest" movement since the first protests over fuel taxes roused the discontented middle of French society. The m...
Jan 29, 2019
Ukraine's incumbent president announces re-election bid
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will run for re-election in March's presidential vote. Poroshenko declared Tuesday that he will seek another five-year term in office on Ma...
Jan 29, 2019
Sentencing hearing continues for truck driver in deadly Broncos bus crash
MELFORT, Sask. - Many more families of those who died and were injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash are expected to speak in court today. About half of 75 victim impact statements are still ...
Jan 29, 2019
Meng Wanzhou's case is scheduled to return to a Vancouver court today
VANCOUVER - The case of a senior executive of Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei Technologies is scheduled to return to court in Vancouver today. The U.S. Department of Justice laid out its case Mond...
Jan 29, 2019
20 dead as bombs target Sunday Mass in Philippine cathedral
JOLO, Philippines - Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 111 other...
Jan 29, 2019
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