The White House asserts executive privilege to withhold documents related to a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
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Defense in Illinois trial over Chinese scholar’s brutal death: He did it
A federal death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois graduate student opens with an exceptional claim.
3 life sentences without parole for N.C. man who killed 3 Muslims
A cellphone video of the 2015 shooting is shown in court as some spectators weep and one relative faints.
Huge sphinx crawls to new spot in Philadelphia museum
The largest ancient sphinx in the Western Hemisphere was on the prowl Wednesday for the first time in nearly 100 years.
New plan to remove a trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: Bury it.
A Boston company forecasts signing up 3,000 farmers globally to use their land to suck up CO2 in 2019.
Plan to turn around Pizza Hut’s biggest franchisee is in trouble
Money managers are offloading debt tied to the company at steeper and steeper discounts.
House-flipping starting to flop, experts lament
The trend is weakening as the number of high-interest lenders jumps 40 percent.
Business briefs
Oil price takes a dive, grounded plane may fly by December, price index trails forecast.
U.S. sports bets hit $9 billion a year after court ruling
However, states are finding the tax revenue generated by sports betting has been small, accounting for an almost insignificant part of their budgets.
May budget deficit hits record $207.8 billion
The number reflects in part a quirk that shifted June benefit payments into May.