Cyber week sales surge hits on-time U.S. delivery rate for Amazon van drivers
Amazon.com Inc van drivers’ on-time delivery rate declined in the week of record Cyber Monday orders, as severe winter weather strained the U.S. shipping network, consulting firm ShipMatrix said on Wednesday.
Small U.S. companies slower to add female directors to their boards: study
U.S. corporations with market capitalizations of less than $2 billion have been slower than larger companies to appoint more women to their boards of directors, according to an annual study from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
Armed suspect arrested at Texas naval air base, no injuries reported
An armed person was arrested on Wednesday at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, after causing the base to be put on lockdown just days after deadly shootings at U.S. Navy bases in Florida and Hawaii.
Jewish grocery was targeted in New Jersey attack, motives unclear: officials
Two armed individuals targeted a New Jersey kosher grocery in an attack that killed six people including the shooters, though the motive of the attack remains unclear, public safety officials said on Wednesday.
Polar vortex, Midwest floods, California fires: The U.S.’s wild 2019 weather
From a brutal polar vortex that froze much of the Midwest and East Coast in January to Hurricane Dorian that killed dozens in the Bahamas in September, Mother Nature dealt Americans a wild and deadly weather year in 2019.
Texas to execute inmate convicted of killing prison boot factory supervisor
Texas plans on Wednesday to execute a man convicted more than a decade ago of killing a prison boot factory supervisor by slitting his throat because he was upset he had to work as a janitor.
Jersey City gunmen targeted Jewish grocery for lethal attack: mayor
Police in the New York metropolitan area were put on high alert to protect Jewish neighborhoods after an hours-long gunbattle with two men around a Jersey City kosher market that killed six people, authorities said.
Exclusive: U.S. Army will fund rare earths plant for weapons development
The U.S. Army plans to fund construction of rare earths processing facilities, part of an urgent push by Washington to secure domestic supply of the minerals used to make military weapons and electronics, according to a government document seen by Reut…
U.S. interior immigration arrests fell despite Trump push
Non-border immigration arrests in the United States fell by 10 percent in the year to September from a year earlier, the latest U.S. data shows, a drop the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said was partly due to the diversion of the ag…
New Jersey gun battle leaves six dead, including cop and both suspects
Police waged an hours-long gunfight with two men armed with high-powered rifles on Tuesday in and around a New Jersey cemetery and kosher market, leaving six people dead, including one officer and both suspects, authorities said.
