California launches earthquake early warning system it calls best in world
California rolled out the nation’s first statewide earthquake warning system on Thursday, designed to detect seismic waves and alert residents through a mobile phone app even before the ground starts shaking.
Chicago teachers picket across the city on first day of strike
Chicago teachers went on strike on Thursday and set up picket lines outside many of the city’s 500 public schools, as union leaders and officials of the third-largest U.S. school district pushed ahead with negotiations over a new contract.
Cargill suspends shifts at Kansas beef facility after explosion
Cargill said on Thursday it had suspended some shifts at its Dodge City, Kansas, beef-packing plant after an explosion injured two employees.
Former Pimco chief to plead guilty in U.S. college scam case
Douglas Hodge, the former chief executive of the investment firm Pimco, has agreed to plead guilty to participating in what prosecutors say is the largest college admissions scam uncovered in the United States, according to a court filing on Thursday.
U.S. Energy Secretary Perry has told Trump he will step down: source
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told President Donald Trump he will step down, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a day before a deadline set by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives for Perry to turn over documents in th…
Two charged in campaign finance case with associates of Giuliani plead not guilty
Two American businessmen charged with conspiring to violate campaign finance laws with former associates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
U.S. ramps up testing in search vaping illness cause as cases near 1,500
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported another 180 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses and announced plans to start testing aerosols produced by e-cigarettes and vaping products as they search for the source of the nationwide outbreak that has s…
Factbox: U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 33
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 33 deaths and 1,479 confirmed and probable cases so far from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping.
Two charged in campaign finance case with Giuliani associates plead not guilty
Two U.S. businessmen accused of conspiring to violate campaign finance laws with former associates of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty to the charges on Thursday.
Request for 2016 election probe was factor in frozen Ukraine aid: White House
A top White House official on Thursday acknowledged that U.S. President Donald Trump held back military aid for Ukraine earlier this year in part to pressure Kiev to look into allegations about the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
