The Wall Street Journal: Hurricane Michael leaves trail of devastation; hundreds of thousands without power

The remnants of Hurricane Michael plowed through the Southeast U.S. on Thursday after killing at least six people, demolishing homes and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers a day after devastating the Florida Panhandle......»»

Hurricane Lane lashed Hawaii with heavy rain Friday, causing flooding, landslides and power outages for thousands, before being downgraded to a tropical storm as winds slowed......»»

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer helped a major donor to Trump’s inauguration pitch a nuclear-power investment to the Qatari sovereign wealth fund at a meeting in April, according to people familiar with the matter......»»

In local news: Hundreds of thousands of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) are receiving refunds for add-on products, according to multiple national news reports this week. The Wall Street Journal notes those payouts will run into tens of millions of d.....»»

A magnitude 7.0 quake has killed at least 82 people, injured hundreds and displaced thousands of others on and around the popular tourist island of Lombok, disaster officials reported early Monday local time......»»

Typhoon Mangkhut, the world’s most powerful storm this year, skidded into mainland China on Sunday after claiming at least 59 lives in the Philippines and pummeling Hong Kong and Macau during a devastating churn across the tropical-storm prone region......»»

Alphabet Inc's Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of its Google+ social network and opted not to disclose the issue partly due to fears of regulatory scrutiny, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources......»»

Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social networ.....»»

Hurricane Michael gathered steam over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday while moving toward the Florida Panhandle, which is bracing for fierce winds and life-threatening flooding......»»

Hurricane Michael gathered steam over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday while moving toward the Florida Panhandle, which is bracing for fierce winds and life-threatening flooding......»»

Hurricane Michael strengthens to a Category 4 storm over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday while bearing down on Florida, which was bracing for fierce winds and life-threatening flooding......»»

Hurricane Michael strengthens to a Category 4 storm over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday while bearing down on Florida, which was bracing for fierce winds and life-threatening flooding......»»

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By the end of the week, hundreds of thousands of federal employees heading back to work should receive pay they missed during the government shutdown......»»

The US is drawing up plans to cut Chinese banks off fro the global financial system, according to The Wall Street Journal. A Chinese flag flies near buildings in the central business dis.....»»

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to name a Federal Reserve bank regulator, Michael Hsu, as acting comptroller of the currency, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Hsu currently serves .....»»

Democrats and Republicans sparred Monday over statehood for Washington, D.C., with proponents saying residents were due full voting rights and critics calling it a partisan power grab and arguing the city’s unique status raised constitutional hurdles......»»

Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN and the National Hockey League said they struck a seven-year deal that will bring the Stanley Cup Finals to Disney’s ABC broadcast network and make hundreds of local-TV games available on the ESPN+ streaming service......»»

A cyberattack on Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook email software is believed to have infected tens of thousands of businesses, government offices and schools in the U.S., according to people briefed on the matter......»»

An independent market monitor said the Texas power-grid operator made a critical mistake that resulted in $16 billion in electricity overcharges last month, and recommended that the charges be reversed......»»