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GOP AIDE FOR BRETT KAVANAUGH NOMINATION RESIGNS AMID SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS

The resignation of communications aide Garrett Ventry comes as Kavanaugh, 53, pushes back against an allegation of sexual assault lodged...

CHINA SAID TO CALL OFF HIGH LEVEL TRADE TALKS WITH US AS TARIFF WAR ESCALATES

China has cancelled planned trade discussions with the U.S. amid rising tensions and new tariffs, The Wall Street Journal reported...

TOP VC DEALS: EVENTBRITE AND FARFETCH GO PUBLIC, INDIGOAG NOTCHES $3.5 BILLION VALUATION

A weekly recap of the most interesting venture capital deals, funds and start-ups.

TEEN E-CIGARETTE USE SURGED 75 PERCENT IN THE PAST YEAR, THREATENING BOOMING US MARKET

Over the past year, the number of high school students who have used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days has skyrocketed about 75 percent,...

GOOGLE SCRAMBLED TO GET EMPLOYEES TO DELETE AN INTERNAL MEMO ABOUT CENSORED SEARCH IN CHINA: REPORT

After an employee memo about Google's secretive plans for a censored search app in China started circulating in early September, human...

FORMER VP JOE BIDEN TO HEADLINE CALIFORNIA POLITICAL FUNDRAISER AHEAD OF MIDTERM ELECTIONS

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is still weighing whether to run for president in 2020, will be heading to Beverly Hills next...

'THE WHOLE WORLD ECONOMY' IS AT RISK IF US-CHINA TRADE WAR GETS MUCH WORSE, SOCGEN CHAIR

He financial markets are not paying enough attention to the escalating U.S.-China trade war, Societe Generale's Lorenzo Bini Smaghi...

INVESCO REPORTEDLY GETTING OPPENHEIMERFUNDS FROM MASSMUTUAL IN $5 BILLION DEAL

Invesco is going to buy OppenheimerFunds, a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, in a more than $5 billion deal, according...

TRUMP'S EX-LAWYER DOWD TRIED TO HELP FUND LEGAL DEFENSE FOR PAUL MANAFORT AND RICK GATES: REPORT

The Wall Street Journal said that White House ethics advisors rejected John Dowd's idea, and later rejected his later plan to personally...

TWITTER SAYS IT PATCHED A BUG THAT COULD HAVE SHARED USERS' PRIVATE MESSAGES

ROSENSTEIN SUGGESTED SECRETLY RECORDING TRUMP AND GETTING CABINET TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE: REPORT

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosentein discussed secretly reporting President Donald Trump, and also talked about getting members of...

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE PROPOSES WEDNESDAY HEARING IN COUNTER OFFER TO BRETT KAVANAUGH ACCUSER

The committee's proposal would accommodate other requests Ford made Thursday night, including limited video coverage, keeping Kavanaugh...

SLOAN KETTERING'S COZY DEAL WITH START-UP IGNITES A NEW UPROAR

Paige.AI promised to transform how cancer is diagnosed with application of AI and health care. Their advantage, though, was access...

INVESTORS KEEP POURING MONEY INTO BONDS, AND ARE PAYING A BIG PRICE FOR IT

Risk-averse investors keep pouring money into bonds even though it means they've missed out on a big stock rally and face substantial...

RUSSIAN SUB FLEET CAPABLE OF FIRING MISSILES ARMED WITH NUKES, HYPERSONICS WILL BE READY BY 2024

In order to finance eight of the submarines, Moscow cut funding for other military modernization programs like the nation's surface...

DUKE ENERGY SAYS DAM BREACHED AT NORTH CAROLINA PLANT AND COAL ASH MAY BE FLOWING INTO CAPE FEAR RIVER

RED STATE DEMOCRAT MCCASKILL PREPARES FOR TRUMP ONSLAUGHT AS SHE OPPOSES KAVANAUGH NOMINATION

McCaskill, saying Kavanaugh will boost the influence of wealthy donors in elections, became the first of the five most vulnerable Senate...

THE US SECRET SERVICE JUST ORDERED A HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE DESPITE TRUMP'S CALL FOR A BOYCOTT

Less than a month after President Donald Trump called for a boycott of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, the US Secret Service has ordered...

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DEMENTIA CASES TO DOUBLE BY 2060

The number of people projected to have Alzheimer's disease or dementia in the United States is expected to double by 2060, says a study...

KAVANAUGH ALLY'S BIZARRE MISTAKEN IDENTITY THEORY ABOUT ASSAULT ACCUSATION BLOWS UP IN HIS FACE

Christine Blasey Ford pushed back on the suggestion that mistaken identity was at play: "I knew them both, and socialized with Chris...