Petrochemical fire reignites at fuels storage facility outside Houston
A petrochemical fire flared anew on Friday at a massive fuel storage facility on the Houston Ship Channel, compounding efforts to halt a chemicals leak at the Mitsui & Co.’s Intercontinental Terminals facility outside Houston.
U.S. judge recommends Manafort serve sentence in Maryland prison
The U.S. judge overseeing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s trial in Washington recommended on Friday that his sentence be served at a prison in Cumberland, Maryland.
Ex-Chinese construction exec found guilty in U.S. of forced labor charges
A former executive for a Chinese construction company was found guilty on Friday of U.S. charges that he forced Chinese laborers to work in the New York area under a form of debt bondage.
U.S. adds criminal charges against ex-Autonomy CEO Lynch
U.S. prosecutors on Friday added three new criminal charges to their indictment against British entrepreneur Mike Lynch related to the $11.1 billion sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
Chemicals leak from Houston-area petrochemical fire disrupts ship traffic
An earthen barrier holding chemicals that leaked from a massive petrochemical fire outside Houston breached on Friday, prompting restrictions on travel around the site and through a part of the busiest U.S. oil export port.
Trump: ‘I know nothing’ about Kushner’s WhatsApp messaging
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he knew nothing about son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner’s use of the WhatsApp encrypted messaging tool, a day after a top Democratic congressman pressed the White House for information on the issue.
U.S. adds new criminal charges against former Autonomy chief Lynch
U.S. prosecutors on Friday added three new criminal charges to their indictment against British entrepreneur Mike Lynch related to the $11 billion sale of his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
Citizenship question on U.S. Census would cause big Latino undercount: study
The Trump administration’s proposal to ask a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. census could lead to an undercount of some 4.2 million among Hispanics, costing their communities federal aid and political representation, according to a study by Harva…
New Jersey sues company over illegal ‘ghost gun’ sales
New Jersey’s attorney general on Friday sued a California company, accusing it of conducting illegal “ghost gun” sales, in what he said was the first lawsuit by a U.S. state against a distributor of the firearms.
Teen arrested over racist threat that closed Charlottesville schools
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy on Friday over a racist threat of violence posted online that prompted authorities to close all the schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, for two days.
