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Former envoy defies Trump, testifies he pushed to oust her
Washington, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump's ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators Friday that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post and get her out of the country.
Boeing, FAA both faulted in certification of the 737 Max
OCT 12 (AP/UNB) -- A panel of international aviation regulators found that Boeing withheld key information about the 737 Max from pilots and regulators, and the Federal Aviation Administration lacked the expertise to understand an automated flight system implicated in two deadly crashes of Max jets.
US-China issues of dispute remain vast despite trade truce
Washington, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — The Trump administration and China declared a temporary truce Friday in their 15-month trade war. Yet the grievances that led them to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other's goods remain largely unresolved.
Judge will halt lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, its owners
White Plains, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — A judge is pushing for a settlement of more than 2,600 lawsuits facing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma with a decision Friday to pause litigation against the company and members of the wealthy Sackler family that owns the company.
California power outages ease, first linked death reported
San Francisco, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — The lights were back on Friday for many of the nearly 2 million Northern California residents who lost electricity when the state's largest utility switched it off this week in an effort to prevent wildfires, as the first death linked to the outages was reported — a man who relied on oxygen.
Thousands of protesters in Haiti loot stores, battle police
Port-Au-Prince, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — Thousands of protesters clashed with police as they looted stores and tried to break through a barricade leading toward the residence of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Friday in one of the biggest demonstrations in weeks to demand his resignation. The violence came a day after a journalist covering the demonstrations was fatally shot in his car.
Turkey Syria offensive: 100,000 flee homes as assault continues
Dhaka, OCT12, UNB-- Many people are sheltering in schools or other buildings in Hassakeh city and the town of Tal Tamer, the UN says, reports BBC
With warming, get used to blackouts to prevent wildfires
Washington, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — Expect more preventative power blackouts in California as the climate gets hotter and drier and the wildfire season gets nastier and longer, scientists say.
California to end its use of private, for-profit prisons
Sacramento, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the federal government to hold immigrants awaiting deportation hearings, under a bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he had signed.
California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
Sacramento, OCT 12 (AP/UNB) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against other people.