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The 3-0 ruling in June said Utah’s Salt Lake County and Florida’s Hillsborough County could seek “staggering” damages over updates made to polluting diesel vehicles after they were sold. Other U.S. counties are also pursuing claims.

Photo: A logo of German carmaker Volkswagen is seen on a car parked on a street in Paris, France. Christian Hartmann

VW asks U.S. appeals court to reconsider ruling on diesel emissions updates Volkswagen AG on Thursday asked the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that said two counties could seek financial penalties over excess diesel emissions that might cost the German automaker billions of dollars.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco found on Wednesday that Weinstein had considerable power over Judd’s career in 1997, when they held a business meeting at his hotel and the alleged harassment occurred.

Photo: Actress Ashley Judd speaks at the Milken Institute's 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California. Lucy Nicholson

Court revives Ashley Judd's s*xual harassment case against Harvey Weinstein A federal appeals court revived actress Ashley Judd's s*xual harassment lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, saying she could sue under California law over his alleged attempt to help her career in return for s*xual favors.

Republican President Donald Trump said he was in no hurry, and his top aides said they were considering short-term extensions of supplemental unemployment benefits and protections against evictions to help Americans affected by a pandemic that has killed 150,000 people in the United States and thrown tens of millions out of work.

Photo: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin walk together in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Erin Scott

White House, lawmakers tangle over scope of new coronavirus legislation Top Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional leaders will try on Wednesday to narrow their stark differences over a coronavirus aid bill, with no guarantees they can craft a compromise before some jobless benefits expire at the end of this week.