Mountain lion strangled by Colorado man was orphaned cougar cub
The mountain lion strangled by a Colorado man after it attacked him on a jogging trail last month was a young cub, weighing no more than 40 pounds (18 kg) and likely orphaned but not starving, state wildlife officials said on Friday.
SpaceX to launch capsule to space station in key milestone
Elon Musk’s SpaceX was due to launch an unmanned crew capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket early on Saturday bound for the International Space Station, a major step toward NASA’s goal of reviving the U.S. human spaceflight program this year.
Manafort seeks sentence well below guidelines in Virginia case
Lawyers for Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, asked a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to hand down a sentence that is significantly below sentencing guidelines, according to a court filing.
Texas cargo plane’s cockpit voice recorder recovered in fatal crash
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday that investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a cargo plane that crashed on Feb. 23 in Texas, killing three.
Actress Katherine Helmond of TV’s ‘Soap,’ ‘Who’s the Boss?’ dies at 89
Actress Katherine Helmond, a seven-time Emmy Award nominee who played lusty matriarchs on the hit television sitcoms “Soap” and “Who’s the Boss” from the 1970s into the 1990s, died last month at the age of 89, her talent agency said on Friday.
Warmbier parents blast ‘evil’ North Korea regime after Trump praises Kim
The parents of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died after 17 months a North Korean prison, blamed Kim Jong Un’s “evil regime” on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed the leader’s claim not to have known how their son was tre…
Washington Governor Inslee’s White House bid to focus on climate change
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday he will seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2020, joining the crowded field as a relative unknown who hopes to catch fire by making climate change a central issue of his campaign.
U.S. Air Force grounds Boeing’s KC-46 tankers over debris issue
The U.S. Air force said on Friday it had stopped accepting Boeing Co’s KC-46 tankers since Feb. 20 and is working with the company to resolve the issue of foreign object debris (FOD) that were found in the aircraft.
BNP Paribas to cut up to 2,500 jobs at its Belgian bank
BNP Paribas reached an agreement with unions over a plan to cut as many as 2,500 jobs at its Belgian retail banking unit by 2021 as part of an effort to bring down costs.
Warmbier parents blast ‘evil’ North Korea regime after Trump praises Kim
The parents of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died after 17 months in a North Korean prison, blamed Kim Jong Un’s “evil regime” on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed the leader’s claim not to have known how their son was …
