As dozens of cars snaked their way onto the grounds of a refurbished horse farm on a sweltering June afternoon in Franklin, Tenn., a few volunteers stood at the entrance, cheerfully welcoming visitors to the local Pride festival. The greeting, the volunteers said, also gave them a chance to spot any person who didn’t wave […]
The California utility settled civil charges and avoided criminal prosecution over the role of its equipment in igniting the blazes. By Ivan Penn Pacific Gas & Electric agreed on Monday to pay $55 million in penalties and costs to settle civil cases brought by prosecutors over wildfires across six Northern California counties. The agreement allows […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new bank loans are expected to rise sharply in January from the previous month, a Reuters poll showed, as authorities step up support for an economy already under severe strain and facing a new threat from a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak. Chinese banks tend to front-load loans at the beginning of the […]
