Warmbier parents blast North Korean leader for son’s death after Trump’s praise
The family of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died after having been imprisoned in North Korea, blamed Kim Jong Un for their son’s death on Friday, reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he accepted the leader’s claims to have…
Trump blames North Korea, not leader Kim for Warmbier death: Conway
President Donald Trump believes North Korea is responsible for Otto Warmbier’s death but said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had told him he did not know how the American college student was treated in detention, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway …
Receding waters spell relief for flooded Northern California towns
Low-lying communities along the rain-engorged Russian River in Northern California wine country were largely cut off by flooding on Thursday, even as waters began receding and sunny skies returned after days of nonstop showers.
Southwest takes mechanics union to court over flight disruption
Southwest Airlines filed a lawsuit against its mechanics union on Thursday, accusing the workers of an illegal campaign to disrupt operations in order to improve their position in prolonged labor talks.
Pfizer unit Meridian under civil investigation by U.S. Attorney
Pfizer Inc said on Thursday it received a request for documents as part of a U.S. investigation related to quality issues involving the manufacture of auto-injectors at its Meridian Medical Technologies site.
Trump ordered aide to give Kushner security clearance: NY Times
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff in May to grant his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Cohen ‘fully cooperative’ on Day 3 of Capitol Hill questioning
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was “fully cooperative” during closed-door testimony before a congressional committee investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S election, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday.
Texas executes man convicted of 1989 murder of three in-laws
A 70-year-old man convicted of murdering his estranged wife’s parents and brother in 1989 was executed in Texas on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition seeking a reprieve on grounds he received inadequate defense at his trial….
White House drafts guidelines for panel questioning climate threat to security
The White House is advancing plans to form a presidential panel that will question science used in U.S. military and intelligence reports showing that human-driven climate change poses national security risks, according to a source briefed by participa…
Texas executes man convicted of murdering three in-laws in 1989
A 70-year-old man convicted of murdering his estranged wife’s parents and brother in 1989 was executed in Texas on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition seeking a reprieve on grounds he had received inadequate defense at his tr…
