Bloomberg Another week, another coalition crisis for Angela Merkel. Just days after Germany’s chancellor said her government had a deal to remove the domestic intelligence chief over his stance on anti-migrant protests, the accord fell apart Friday in a renewed sign of political fragility in Europe’s biggest economy. Merkel said she’ll find a new solution this weekend. The case of ...

Bloomberg A lawyer for the woman who accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of an assault sought another day to agree on conditions for her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a high-stakes hearing and assailed panel Republicans over “aggressive and artificial deadlines”. Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley threatened that his panel would vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination on Monday unless ...

Bloomberg Floodwaters have overwhelmed an ash basin at a Duke Energy Corp. power plant in North Carolina, spilling a byproduct of burning coal into the Cape Fear River. The company said coal ash at the site “remains in place” but that tiny beads called cenospheres are flowing into the river. The hollow beads, left over from burning coal, are comprised ...