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Around 21,000 PG&E customers remain without power as of midnight on Oct. 16 after it was turned off on Oct. 14 night due to high wind and fire risks in Northern California, according to PG&E officials. PG&E spokesman Jason King said power has been restored to 38,000 of 59,000 customers who were affected and the […]

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.—The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to at least 29 on Oct. 16 as crews scoured debris for hundreds of people reported missing in the Florida Panhandle, nearly a week after the storm flattened whole communities. Michael slammed into the northwest coastal strip of Florida on Oct. 10 with top sustained […]

Walmart Inc.’s chief executive officer on Oct. 16 urged investors to revise their view of the company’s business, touting its tech investments to grow online sales at a time that Walmart is battling Amazon.com for market share. Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, also lowered its earnings forecast for its current fiscal year and said e-commerce […]

NEW YORK—Over 57 million freelancers operate in the United States across various industries, with approximately 400,000 of those working or living in New York City. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. freelancers contribute $1.4 trillion annually to the national economy. While freelancing can allow workers to be their own boss and enjoy flexible […]

Major League Baseball star Nelson Cruz announced that he’s officially a United States citizen on the morning of Oct. 15 on his Instagram account. The Seattle Mariners right fielder posted a photo of himself holding a small American national flag and his naturalization certificate. He wrote, “Mission accomplished. Next stop: Registering to vote.” The 38-year-old Dominican Republic […]

GENEVA—The family and colleagues of a Nigerian aid worker who was killed by her Islamic terrorist kidnappers mourned her death on Oct. 16 as the Red Cross said it had refused to pay a ransom for her release. The Nigerian government said on Oct. 15 a medical aid worker held hostage by ISIS in West […]

In the narrow “window” that remains before China is completely blocked by the United States from importing key technology, Beijing should use “unrestricted” and “supernormal” means, including “more precise, better concealed, and special ways,” to expedite the process of acquiring overseas talent and cutting-edge equipment, according to a leaked internal Chinese government document. The 12-page […]

Nearly one in ten California workers is an illegal immigrant, making California the second-highest state for illegal workers at 9.0 percent, after Nevada’s 10.4 percent, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. More than 2 million illegal immigrants are estimated to live in the state. Former U.S. Senate candidate Karen Roseberry recently attended a […]

Health care company Anthem Inc. has signed a settlement agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for $16 million after data from millions of customers was exposed in a 2014–2015 cyber attack. This is the highest payout HHS has ever received. The previous highest was $5.5 million for suits against Memorial Healthcare System in […]

It was supposed to be a quiet event at the United Nations to discuss the plight of political prisoners in Cuba. Instead, it turned into an exercise of political protest. Just 15 seconds into Ambassador Kelley Currie’s opening remarks at the U.N. on Oct. 15, protesters from the Cuban delegation who were seated around the […]

Khabib Nurmagomedov said he believes the UFC staged Conor McGregor’s attack on his bus that eventually led to the two mixed martial arts fighters facing off in a Las Vegas arena on Oct. 6. McGregor and several associates attacked a bus carrying UFC fighters back in April, an incident that landed him in court in New […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Oct. 16, called for wireless carriers to waive October bills for people hardest hit by Hurricane Michael after some Florida residents expressed frustration in getting mobile phone service restored. Pai also said consumers in those areas should be allowed to switch carriers without paying a penalty. At […]

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) publicly identified women who have been sexually assaulted without their permission after apparently gleaning the names from Facebook and publishing them in an open letter that ran in several North Dakota newspapers on Oct. 14. The open letter was purportedly signed by more than 125 people, but some of the women […]

Federal authorities on Oct. 12 unsealed a 32-count indictment that charged four individuals and seven companies in a $1 billion health care fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced. Between June 1, 2015 and April 1, 2018, the defendants conspired to deceive tens of thousands of patrons, including over 100 doctors, to defraud private health […]

Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Blake Fischer resigned from his position after he emailed photos of his recent hunting trip in Africa, showing him with several dead baboons, a giraffe, and a leopard. Fischer sent his letter of resignation to Gov. Butch Otter on Oct. 16, and it was accepted, USA Today reported. He admitted […]

Republican Martha McSally accused her opponent, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, of supporting treason during their Arizona Senate debate on Oct. 15. McSally was referring to a recently unearthed 2003 interview that Sinema gave on a local radio station. The host, challenging Sinema’s anti-war views, asked her if she would be fine with him joining a terrorist […]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a new interview that she is working hard to hand states more power in determining education policies and rules, and she also wants to make sure students in grade school and college are learning civics and government. “Students aren’t getting the kind of foundation in civics and government that […]

A senior FBI official accepted sporting tickets from a reporter and lied to inspector general investigators about paying for them, according to a watchdog report (pdf) published on Oct. 16. The senior bureau official accepted two tickets to a professional sports game as a gift from a television news correspondent, in violation of federal regulations, […]

A Republican running for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives said she received a threatening letter and posted a picture of the letter to Facebook. The letter to Deserae Morin, who is running for office for the first time, said, in part: “We are hunting you. My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. […]

Sen. Claire McCaskill, the Democratic incumbent in Missouri who’s running for re-election, is hiding her views on gun rights, efforts to impeach President Donald Trump, and her alignment with the views of former President Barack Obama, according to her campaign staffers and her own comments captured in undercover videos. McCaskill and her various staffers were […]