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Millions of Californians played a waiting game with the winds Thursday as Pacific Gas & Electric watched the weather before deciding whether to restore power to an enormous portion of the state blacked out on purpose. The state’s largest utility pulled the plug to prevent a repeat of the past two years when wind-blown power […]

Apple Inc. removed a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong activists to report police movements from its online store Thursday after an official Chinese newspaper accused the company of facilitating illegal behavior. The company said in a statement that HKmap.live was removed from its store because the app “has been used to target and ambush

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday asked a U.S. national security panel to review TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s acquisition of Musical.ly, arguing TikTok is used by the Chinese government to censor politically sensitive content. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Rubio said Chinese-owned apps “are increasingly being

President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders designed to improve transparency when government agencies enforce guidance on how best to comply with a particular law or regulation. The White House framed the executive orders as protecting Americans from government overreach. Federal regulations can take years to enact, but guidance on how to follow a

President Donald Trump tweeted last month in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of an official impeachment inquiry that the stock market would crash if he were booted from the White House. If they actually did this the markets would crash. Do you think it was luck that got us to the best Stock

A widely used agricultural pesticide that California environmental officials have said has been linked to brain damage in children will be banned after next year under an agreement reached with the manufacturer, state officials announced Wednesday. Under the deal, all California sales of chlorpyrifos will end on Feb. 6, 2020, and farmers will have until

The attacker who killed two people in a shooting at a German synagogue live-streamed the assault on Twitch, a video service owned by Amazon. It was one of the first violent attacks streamed on the service, which is best known for letting people watch others play competitive video games. Here’s what you need to know

A plea from uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators for tax breaks and other federal financial boosts is going before President Donald Trump, as his administration studies reviving the U.S. uranium industry in the name of national security. Trump is scheduled to receive recommendations Thursday from a task force of national security, military

The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 7:05 p.m. The president of the European Union’s council of national leaders says Brexit results from confrontational politics with “the ability to deal brutally with opponents, competitors, misfits or strangers.” During a speech in Athens on Wednesday, European Council President Donald Tusk encouraged political leaders to heed ancient

Despite having only days to bridge wide divisions over Brexit, the European Union maintained a semblance of hope Wednesday that the acrimonious fight over Britain’s departure from the bloc could somehow still be settled amicably. Interested in Brexit? Add Brexit as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Brexit news, video, and