Portal:Current events/2018 September 29
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September 29, 2018 (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
- A Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (also known as a "Medicane") strikes Greece near Kalamata, causing power outages and gale force winds near the capital Athens. In the storm's formative stages, heavy rains killed four people in Tunisia. (Weather Underground), (The Weather Channel)
- The United States Coast Guard rescues one survivor after a helicopter crashes near Yakutat, Alaska. Three others aboard the helicopter are missing. (KTUU-TV)
Law and crime
- Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
- The New York Supreme Court allows a $45 million loan lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein to resume after pausing it for bankruptcy proceedings for The Weinstein Company to complete. (The Wrap)
- Tesla lawsuits and controversies, History of Tesla Inc.
- Under the terms of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon Musk and Tesla, Inc. agree to pay $20 million each to financial regulators, and Musk is expected to resign as chairman, but will remain as chief executive. (Market Watch) (HuffPost)
- Catalan independence movement
- Police clash with separatists in Barcelona marking the anniversary of the 2017 independence referendum. (Reuters via U.S. News & World Report)
Politics and elections
- Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
- The FBI reaches out to Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to publicly accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, as part of the investigations into allegations against Kavanaugh. (CBS News)