Ex-Chinese construction executive faces U.S. trial for forced labor
A former executive for the U.S. arm of a Chinese construction conglomerate went on trial Tuesday on American charges that he forced Chinese laborers to work on New York area construction sites under a form of “debt bondage.”
Trump says he will visit tornado-hit Alabama on Friday
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will visit Alabama on Friday, after weekend tornadoes in the southern state left 23 people dead.
At least seven missing in Alabama after deadly weekend tornadoes
Alabama search and rescue teams on Tuesday were combing through the wreckage of houses flatted by weekend tornadoes, looking for seven or eight people still unaccounted for in the wake of the deadliest U.S. twister outbreak since 2013.
California to decide if will charge police in death of unarmed black man
California’s attorney general on Tuesday will announce results of a criminal investigation into two Sacramento policemen who shot and killed an unarmed black man in his grandmother’s backyard last year, days after the county prosecutor said she would n…
T-Mobile spent $195,000 at Trump Hotel in D.C. since merger announcement
T-Mobile Us Inc’s chief executive, John Legere, and other company leaders have spent $195,000 on hotel stays and other expenses at the Trump International Hotel in Washington since the company sought approval for a $26 billion merger with Sprint last A…
Judge says Trump administration improperly blocked sex, race pay data rule
A U.S. judge has revived an Obama-era rule that requires larger companies to report workers’ pay data broken down by gender and race, which business groups have said would be burdensome and would not address pay discrimination as intended.
U.S. insurers seek renewal of federal ‘backstop’ against acts of terrorism
U.S. insurers are pushing for the extension of a federal terrorism risk insurance program, hoping to fend off a possible gap that would leave their clients scrambling for alternate coverage.
Congress on verge of rejecting Trump’s border emergency
The U.S. Congress was on the verge of issuing a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump over his declaration of an emergency at the border with Mexico, with a top Republican predicting the Senate would approve a resolution to reject it.
South Carolina lottery winner claims record $877 million cash prize
The anonymous sole winner of a $1.5 billion U.S. Mega Millions drawing last fall has come forward to claim the jackpot, choosing to collect a record one-time cash sum of more than $877 million, South Carolina’s lottery commission said on Monday.
Commuter jet slides off Maine runway as East Coast digs out from snow
New England dug out from more than a foot of snow on Monday that snarled commutes, canceled nearly 1,800 airline flights and was blamed for injuries to five people after a commuter jet slid off a snowy runway in northern Maine, forcing the airport to c…
