Comic Books
Randy Lawrence claims Philipp and Thomas E. Weisbauer stole more than $2 million worth of comic books from his storage locker in Florida, including rare early Batmans, in Palm Beach County Court.
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Ghostly Nazi-Era Motorway Resurfaces in German Forest
In the middle of a dense Bavarian forest, amateur historian Dieter Stockmann points to the ghostly shapes of an abandoned motorway from the Nazi era.
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Acting White House Chief of Staff Moves to Join Lawsuit Over House Subpoena
After refusing to comply with a subpoena and skipping out on scheduled testimony earlier in the day, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney Friday night filed a motion to intervene in a pending lawsuit asking a court to determine whether the president’s advisers are required to testify in the House impeachment probe.
Read moreNY Law Giving Licenses to Noncitizens Upheld
A federal judge Friday upheld a law that lets undocumented immigrants apply for driver’s licenses in New York.
Read moreFeds Tell Merging Banks to Shed $2.3 Billion for Approval
Seven months after BB&T and SunTrust announced plans to merge, the Justice Department cleared them a path Friday that requires one of the largest divestitures in a bank merger in the last decade.
Read moreRoyal Mail Goes to Court to Block Pre-Christmas Strike
Royal Mail on Friday made a High Court bid to block a postal strike by workers due next month ahead of Christmas and around the time of Britain’s general election.
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Major Water Deal Proposed for Ex-Client of Interior Secretary
The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural water district that employed Secretary David Bernhardt as a lawyer and lobbyist.
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Trump Attacks Whistleblower Anonymity, but Won’t Say the Name
President Trump is blasting the media for not reporting the name of a person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who spurred the impeachment inquiry. Yet Trump has avoided using the name himself.
Read moreIn High Court Seas, Blackbeard’s Ship Sails Again
For a year in the early 18th century, the fearsome pirate Blackbeard terrorized the Caribbean and the Atlantic coast of what would become the United States aboard his prized Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Read moreToughened Up Gun Laws for Pittsburgh Thrown Out
Just days after the first anniversary of a synagogue shooting that left 11 dead, a Pennsylvania judge struck down proposed gun regulations that the Pittsburgh City Council proposed in the wake of the Tree of Life tragedy.
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Google Claims Quantum Computing Milestone
Google said it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing research: that an experimental quantum processor has completed a calculation in just a few minutes that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years.
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Scientists Fight to Save Unique Guiana Coral Reef
Off the coast of Guiana, a French overseas department perched on the north coast of South America, scientists scour the choppy waters for signs of life.
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Idle Mines Bring Dark Days for Top US Coal Region
At two of the world’s biggest coal mines, the finances got so bad that their owner couldn’t buy even toilet paper on credit. Then things got worse.
Read moreOpioids
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled the state may sue opioid manufacturers under the Drug Dealer Liability Act, finding the companies cannot knowingly seek and oversupply doctors and pharmacies with the drugs for the “purpose of diversion” and then “cynically invoke their status as otherwise lawful companies to avoid civil liability.”
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Ex-UK Minister Says Johnson Isn’t Even Trying to Get Brexit Deal
A senior minister who quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet said on Sunday that the government is making little or no effort to secure a Brexit agreement with the European Union, despite Johnson’s insistence that he wants a deal.
Read morePolanski Case: What We Know, After 40 Years
Roman Polanski, whose new film on the persecution of the French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus is premiering at the Venice Film Festival, is still dogged by a rape case that continues to polarize opinion. Here is a recap of the four-decade affair.
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Washington Redskins Promote Gambling on Their Games
The Washington Redskins will become the first NFL team to have a gambling-focused telecast of their games, offering cash prizes to viewers who correctly predict game outcomes during the preseason.
Read moreThird Circuit Reinforces Banana-Costume Injunction
Defending the intellectual property in a full-body banana costume, the Third Circuit upheld an injunction Thursday against a costume maker that had aped the idea.
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Navy Jet Crashes in Death Valley, 7 Park Visitors Hurt
A Navy fighter jet crashed Wednesday in Death Valley National Park, injuring seven people who were at a scenic overlook where aviation enthusiasts watch military pilots speeding low through a chasm dubbed Star Wars Canyon, officials said.
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