Rescue teams search for three people lost in West Virginia mine
Rescue teams on Wednesday were set to use a recently cleared opening to search for three people who have been lost for four days in an abandoned mine in southwestern West Virginia, deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
U.S. Commerce Sec. Ross unaware of any planned warning for China travel
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday downplayed talk that President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to warn Americans against traveling to China.
Opioid maker Insys paid physician assistant kickbacks, U.S. jury hears
A former physician assistant in New Hampshire put his own greed ahead of medical obligations by taking kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc to prescribe patients its highly addictive fentanyl spray, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.
United Airlines to add international routes from San Francisco
United Continental Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it would add flights to New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne from San Francisco, as the No. 3 U.S. airline looks to tap higher-paying international routes.
U.S. probe cites ‘ineffective’ safeguard in Husky oil refinery blast
An “ineffective” safeguard failed to prevent an explosive mixing of air and fuel at a Husky Energy refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, leading to a blast and fire in the plant’s gasoline-producing unit in April, a U.S. industrial safety group said on Wedn…
Physician assistant faces U.S. trial over Insys opioid kickbacks
A former physician assistant is set to face trial in New Hampshire on Wednesday over charges he accepted kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray the drugmaker produced.
PG&E says cause of Camp Fire not yet determined despite probe
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) released a new report on Tuesday into a massive California wildfire that ignited near one of its damaged towers, offering new details of the incident but stopping short of accepting blame.
Texas executes man convicted of 1993 murder
The state of Texas on Tuesday executed an inmate convicted of shooting a man to death and sexually assaulting his wife after trying to rob the newly married couple on the campus of a community college near Dallas 25 years ago.
No evidence for Trump claim on ‘terrorists’: government sources
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that U.S. authorities had “caught 10 terrorists,” citing it as a reason for why the United States should build a wall on its Mexican border, but four government sources said there was no recent evidence of terrori…
Cosby’s lawyers cite grounds for appealing sexual assault conviction
Attorneys for Bill Cosby outlined their grounds on Tuesday for appealing his sexual assault conviction, citing what they called errors in legal procedure that may have biased the jury and warrant a new trial for the once-beloved comedian.
