Three workers missing after Chicago-area plant explosion
Three workers were missing on Saturday after an explosion at a silicone plant in a Chicago suburb that injured four other employees, a fire official said.
Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river, 21 hurt
A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base there during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 peop…
Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board, no fatalities
A Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board slid into the St. John’s River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said.
Commercial plane ‘down on river’, Jacksonville, Florida mayor says
A commercial plane was “down on the river,” the mayor of Jacksonville, Florida said on Twitter on Friday, adding that fire and rescue crews were on the scene.
Former Trump staff chief Kelly joins board of migrant shelter operator
John Kelly, former White House chief of staff, has joined the board of Caliburn International Corp, the parent of an operator of a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Friday.
Minneapolis to pay police shooting victim’s family $20 million
Minneapolis city officials on Friday announced a $20 million settlement with the family of an Australian woman who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2017, just days after the officer was convicted of crimes associated with the killing.
U.S. judges order Ohio to revamp Republican-drawn gerrymandered districts
A panel of three federal judges on Friday ruled that Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and ordered the state to revamp it before the 2020 presidential election.
Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would make it easier to deport immigrants who use public benefits
The Trump administration is considering reversing long-standing policy to make it easier to deport U.S. legal permanent residents who have used public benefits, part of an effort to restrict immigration by low-income people.
U.S. judges order Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional districts revamped
A panel of three federal judges on Friday ruled Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional map is based on unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering and ordered it to be redone before the 2020 presidential election.
Mississippi River reaches record level in northern Illinois
The Mississippi River has reached record high levels in the area of Rock Island, Illinois, as melting heavy snowpack coupled with rain has caused widespread flooding, a national hydrologist said on Friday.
