West Virginia mine explorers still missing as rescuers dig deeper
Rescue teams in West Virginia have gone some 11,000 feet into an abandoned coal mine in the Appalachian Mountains without finding three people who have been lost inside for four days, law enforcement officials said on Monday.
Chicago mayor pushes bond sale, constitutional change to aid pensions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel laid out a multi-pronged plan on Wednesday to tackle Chicago’s huge pension burden, urging the city council to approve the issuance of $10 billion of bonds to boost funding for the city’s four retirement systems.
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.
