Police question suspect in murder of New York Mafia boss: media
Police have a suspect in custody in the slaying of reputed Mafia boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, New York media reported on Saturday.
U.S. seizes 1 million pounds of pork from China on swine fever concerns
U.S. border agents have seized around 1 million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output.
Probe widens into deaths of 22 racehorses at Santa Anita Park near LA
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has joined the inquiry into circumstances surrounding the recent deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, one of America’s premiere thoroughbred racetracks, the agency said on Friday.
Probe widens into deaths of 22 racehorses at Santa Anita Park near LA
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has joined the inquiry into circumstances surrounding the recent deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, one of America’s premiere thoroughbred racetracks, the agency said on Friday.
U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone
A harsh late winter storm broadsided a vast swathe of the U.S. agriculture industry this week as heavy snow closed roads and buried cattle in the Plains while excessive rain flooded Midwest farm fields and swamped grain elevators.
‘Bomb cyclone’ triggers flooding on Mississippi, Missouri rivers
A powerful, late-winter “bomb cyclone” storm pushed into the U.S. Midwest and the Great Lakes region on Friday, causing flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, stranding herds of cattle and raising alarms at a Nebraska nuclear power plant.
Hung jury declared in Florida officer’s attempted manslaughter trial
A hung jury was declared on Friday in the attempted manslaughter trial of a Florida policeman charged in the shooting of an unarmed black caretaker for a mentally ill man who was holding a toy truck mistaken for a gun.
U.S. Soccer Federation defends support for women’s team after lawsuit
The U.S. Soccer Federation defended on Friday its treatment of the World Cup-winning national women’s team and said it was surprised at a recent lawsuit (USWNT) alleging gender discrimination.
Pimco says some staff used ‘legitimate’ services of college scandal mastermind
The figure at the center of the U.S. college cheating scandal spoke twice in the past decade at events hosted by Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), one of the world’s largest asset managers whose former chief executive is ensnared in the fraud, …
Ex-U.S. intelligence officer pleads guilty to attempted espionage for China
A former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer pleaded guilty to attempted espionage for China, the Justice Department said on Friday.
