U.S. House panel sets July 10 deadline in hurricane response probe
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has called on the White House to turn over documents related to the Trump administration’s handling of hurricanes in 2017 that devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, accusing it of stonewalling.
NYC business outlook tumbles to decade-low in June: ISM-NY
The six-month business outlook among New York City’s purchasing managers dropped to the lowest level in a decade in June, signaling a further deterioration in future business activity in the area, a report released on Tuesday showed.
Jury to resume deliberations in U.S. Navy SEAL’s war crimes trial
A military jury in California was due to resume deliberations on Tuesday in the war crimes trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL charged with murdering a captured Islamic State fighter who had been brought to a U.S. outpost in Iraq for medical treatment.
Facebook campus given all-clear after sarin scare
Facebook Inc’s Silicon Valley campus received the all-clear on Tuesday after fears that a package at its mail facility contained the nerve agent sarin.
Jury begins deliberations in U.S. Navy SEAL’s war crimes trial
A military jury began deliberations on Monday in the war crimes trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL after closing arguments in which prosecutors said the defendant’s own words proved his guilt and the defense cited a lack of physical evidence to support the char…
Angels pitcher Skaggs dies at age 27
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died at the age of 27 while traveling with the team in Texas, the Angels said on Monday.
New York Governor Cuomo orders probe into Facebook’s advertising platform
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Financial Services to investigate reports that state-regulated advertisers were using Facebook Inc’s advertising platform in a discriminatory manner.
Lawyers make closing arguments in U.S. Navy SEAL’s war crimes trial
Attorneys for both sides in the war crimes trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL delivered closing arguments on Monday, with prosecutors saying the defendant’s own words prove his guilt, and the defense countering there was no physical evidence to support the char…
Charge against Alabama woman who lost fetus in shooting ‘defies logic’: attorney
Attorneys on Monday urged an Alabama court to throw out a criminal charge against a woman whose fetus died after she was shot during a dispute, calling the state’s legal rationale “flawed and twisted” and the case unsupported by the law.
U.S. investigators retrieve cockpit voice recorder of deadly Texas plane crash
Federal investigators retrieved on Monday the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a downed turboprop plane at a Texas airport as they looked into why it crashed soon after takeoff, killing 10 people, including a family of four.
