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Democrats begin to make case at impeachment trial to remove Trump

Democrats used detail and narrative Wednesday to make their case that President Donald Trump solicited foreign interference to boost his re-election bid, obstructed a congressional investigation and should be removed from office by the Senate.

Plan could bump emotional-support animals from planes

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed that only specially trained dogs qualify as service animals, which must be allowed in the cabin at no charge.

Prosecutors paint Weinstein as predator as trial begins

“He was not just a titan in Hollywood. He was a rapist,” prosecutor Meghan Hast told the jury of seven men and five women in the rape case against the former Hollywood studio boss.

Cases of new viral respiratory illness in China rise sharply

The illness comes from a newly identified type of coronavirus, a family of viruses that can cause the common cold as well as more serious illnesses such as the SARS outbreak in 2002-2003 and killed about 800 people.

Trump slams impeachment, but lobbies for witnesses

President Donald Trump lashed out at his accusers in the Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday but broke with some of his defenders as he reiterated his preference for witnesses to be called in the proceedings.

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Teen activist Thunberg quickly returns Trump’s climate jibe

The 17-year-old Swedish activist wasted little time on Tuesday to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s description of climate campaigners as “the perennial prophets of doom” who predict the “apocalypse.”

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