PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court questioned Tuesday whether Bill Cosby’s alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young women amounted to a signature crime pattern, given studies that show as many as half of all sexual assaults involve drugs or alcohol. Cosby, 83, hopes to overturn his 2018 sex …

The cost of digital services and goods sold by foreign companies like Netflix will go up under a taxation plan the government wants to put in place next year, experts said Tuesday. Ottawa said in its fiscal update released Monday it will require multinationals to collect GST or HST on …

Philippine Red Cross’ M/V Amazing Grace (PRC photo) MANILA – Nearly a month after the onslaught of Super Typhoons Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses that severely affected around 15,000 families in Catanduanes, local officials have expressed profound gratitude for the Philippine Red Cross’ (PRC) numerous assistance hprovided to their constituents. Catanduanes …

COVID-19 RESPONSE. Representatives of the Taganito HPAL Nickel Corporation turn over an ichroma II antigen testing device to the municipal government of Claver, Surigao del Norte, on Nov. 23, 2020. The company has released over PHP54 million from March to August to assist local government units in their respective coronavirus …

World A man zigzagged an SUV at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing five people, including a nine-month-old child, and seriously injuring more than a dozen others, officials said.   Man drives car into crowd in Trier, Germany At least …

Dr. Scott Atlas resigned from the White House coronavirus task force on Monday after months of advocating against social distancing policies and disputing the medical consensus around COVID-19. A frequent Fox News guest, Atlas was reportedly a deeply controversial presence even among some other members of the pandemic team. They …

The coronavirus was likely in the U.S. as early as mid-December 2019, roughly a month before the first COVID-19 case was confirmed, according to research published on Monday. A study of blood samples from 7,389 routine donations to the American Red Cross between Dec. 13, 2019, and Jan. 17, 2020, …