Cause investigated in California small plane crash that killed five
Investigators on Monday were probing what caused a small plane to break apart shortly after takeoff and crash in Yorba Linda, California, killing the pilot and four people on the ground.
GM cutting 4,000 workers in latest round of restructuring
General Motors Co on Monday said it was starting to hand pink slips to about 4,000 salaried workers in the latest round of a restructuring announced in late November that will ultimately shrink its white-collar workforce in North America by 15 percent …
Judge orders inmate at cold Brooklyn jail taken to hospital
A New York judge on Monday ordered authorities to take a jailed asthma sufferer to a hospital after denying a request to grant him emergency bail from a Brooklyn federal detention center where heat and power failed during last week’s frigid weather.
Jury begins deliberating fate of alleged Mexican cartel boss ‘El Chapo’
Jurors began deliberations in the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, accused of running one of the world’s most infamous drug cartels, in Brooklyn federal court on Monday morning.
Virginia governor meets with cabinet amid outcry over racist photo
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam met with his Cabinet on Monday amid a chorus of calls from fellow Democrats to resign over last week’s revelation of a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.
The rise and fall of ‘El Chapo,’ Mexico’s most wanted kingpin
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is Mexico’s most notorious kingpin who shipped tonnes of drugs around the world, escaped two maximum-security jails and became one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives.
U.S. D-Day flag to return home 75 years after Normandy landing
A rare D-Day flag that flew on a U.S. Navy ship leading the allied advance at the beaches of Normandy nearly 75 years ago will be returned to America after going on display in the Netherlands on Monday.
Virginia lawmakers meet; governor battles fallout from racist photo
Virginia lawmakers were due to meet on Monday for the first time since the revelation of a racist photo on Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page sparked widespread calls from fellow Democrats for the first-term governor to resign.
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage arrested, faces deportation
Grammy-nominated Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage was arrested on Sunday by U.S. immigration officials, who said he was illegally in the country and a convicted felon.
UK says in contact with British man’s lawyer after 21 Savage arrest
Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday it was in contact with the lawyer for a British man detained in the United States in response to reports U.S. immigration officials had arrested rapper 21 Savage for being in the country illegally.
