Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 10:46 (about 3 hours ago)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? Attorneys general around the U.S. have been largely silent this week about any plans to conduct an investigation like Pennsylvania's that uncovered widespread child sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses, although New York's top prosecutor is an exception, saying she is exploring teaming up with the local district attorneys. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 09:16 (about 4 hours ago)
The meeting, a major congress held every three years, will be closed by Pope Francis during the first papal visit in almost 40 years to Ireland where a series of abuse scandals has also rocked the church's standing in the once staunchly Catholic country. The withdrawal from the Dublin event followed a bombshell grand jury report this week that detailed widespread abuse by hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania and a systematic cover-up campaign by their bishops over a 70-year period. Wuerl, who was Bishop for the Diocese of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania from 1988 to 2006, has not himself been accused of any wrongdoing against children. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 09:16 (about 4 hours ago)
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon became the butt of a globally #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 09:16 (about 4 hours ago)
A robbery and assault outside of a northwest freeway gas station Friday morning is another warning about jugging. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 09:16 (about 4 hours ago)
Israel closed Sunday its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip except for humanitarian cases after weekend border clashes, the latest tightening of its blockade on the Palestinian enclave despite truce efforts. The move could prevent Gazans from travelling via the crossing for this week's Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which runs from Monday night until Thursday night, but Israeli officials did not say how long the closure would last. The Palestinian Authority civilian affairs office in the Gaza Strip also confirmed the closure except for medical cases and Palestinians seeking to cross back into the enclave. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 09:16 (about 4 hours ago)
The rule, which came in the wake of a 2013 chemical explosion that killed 15 people in West, near Dallas, set stricter standards for operators? risk management plans. A federal court has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to delay safety regulations for chemical plants ? the latest in a string of recent legal setbacks for the administration in its attempts to reverse environmental standards. An appeals court in Washington DC ruled on Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency could not delay the enforcement of a chemical safety rule drawn up by the Obama administration. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 09:16 (about 4 hours ago)
Italy is searching for answers on Sunday after paying its respects to the dozens killed by a collapsed bridge in Genoa, as the country's new government continues to battle the underfire motorway company that manages. "The bodies of the final three missing people were found overnight," Italy's fire service said on Twitter Sunday. The findings mean that all those reported missing after Tuesday's tragedy have now been accounted for, although rescuers are continuing to comb the wreckage. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 07:46 (about 6 hours ago)
Report says People's Liberation Army has rapidly expanded bomber operating areas for likely strikes against the U.S.; Jennifer Griffin reports on the details. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 07:46 (about 6 hours ago)
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Several Tesla Inc shareholders have told Reuters they are concerned that the electric car maker will have to pay more to fund its growth if it becomes a private company and loses the ability to sell new shares to stock market investors. The issue has come to the fore as a special Tesla board committee considers Chief Executive Elon Musk's idea of taking the loss-making company private in a deal that could be worth as much as $72 billion. Tesla, whose bonds are rated "junk" by credit rating agencies due to its $11 billion debt pile and its negative cash flow, has tapped the stock market six times in the last eight years through share sales, raising nearly $4.3 billion, according to data from Dealogic. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 19th August 2018 at 07:46 (about 6 hours ago)
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that Europe had not yet shown it was willing to "pay the price" of defying Washington in order to save the nuclear deal. Zarif said European governments had put forward proposals to maintain oil and banking ties with Iran after the second phase of US sanctions return in November. "Although they have moved forward, we believe that Europe is not yet ready to pay the price (of truly defying the US)," Zarif said. #