Tim Pearce

VENEZUELA - Looters have all but emptied stores and warehouses across western Venezuela as large parts of the country remain without power more than a week after a mass blackout. The mobs overwhelmed Venezuela’s security forces and…

UTAH - Dozens of people died after getting lost in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument because federal regulations prohibited officials from putting directional signs in place, a Utah county commissioner said. Leland…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOFNHCJo71I WASHINGTON - Pilots flying in the U.S. have filed at least five complaints on planes of the same model that crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board. Federal…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdz3cPuLKww PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is planning a sweeping energy and climate legislative package months after “yellow vest” protests ignited across the country over a proposed gas tax…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmFXTfX6fCc WASHINGTON - An oil executive that supported Robert “Beto” O’Rourke’s 2018 U.S. Senate bid also helped produce a documentary of O’Rourke’s campaign. The documentary “Running with…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDxAA_Psns CALIFORNIA - Tesla is hiking the cost of its more expensive vehicle models to retain about half of the physical stores the company had planned to close, according to a Sunday blog post. …

ETHIOPIA - An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed soon after taking off from Ethiopia’s capital Sunday morning, killing all 157 passengers and crew members on board. The passengers included eight Americans, Fox News reported. The…

WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior (DOI) is expected to propose rolling back federal protections on gray wolf populations in the contiguous United States in the coming days, The Associated Press reports. Acting Interior…

WASHINGTON - Retired coal miners from three states traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby lawmakers and put in place a federal safety net in case the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) pension fund fails. Coal industry veterans…

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is preparing more sanctions on Venezuela as Nicolas Maduro refuses to step down as president of the South American country, sources told S&P Global Platts. President Donald…