GE unit wins $450 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies Inc, a unit of General Electric Co, has been awarded a $450 million U.S. defense contract for patient monitoring systems, accessories and training, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Wisconsin girl, missing for three months, escapes captor
A 21-year-old Wisconsin man was charged on Friday with holding a 13-year-old girl captive for three months after murdering her parents, one day after the teen managed to escape and was discovered by a woman walking her dog.
Trump stops short of emergency declaration in border wall fight
President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency “right now” to end a standoff over border security that has idled large swaths of the U.S. government, all but guaranteeing that he will preside over the longest shutdown i…
Trump says not in a rush to declare emergency in border wall fight
President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency for now as a way of securing funds for a border wall and ending a partial government shutdown, adding that he would rather see the U.S. Congress act.
Will to survive: Wisconsin girl, missing for months, escapes captor
A 21-year-old Wisconsin man was charged on Friday with holding a 13-year-old girl captive for three months after murdering her parents, one day after the teen managed to escape and was discovered by a woman walking her dog.
Kidnapped children make headlines, but abduction is rare in U.S.
A 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who escaped her captor this week nearly three months after her parents were killed and she was kidnapped has drawn international headlines, but abductions of children by strangers remain rare, according to U.S. data.
Trump touts plan to change visas for skilled foreign workers
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans changes to the H-1B program that grants temporary visas for specialty occupations such as technology or medicine, but his administration said later he was referring to changes that were proposed last …
Texas tent city to close as migrant teens in U.S. government custody released
The U.S. government has moved out all the migrant teens who were living in a tent city in the Texas desert and is set to close it down, according to the organization running the facility, after the shelter became a controversial symbol of President Don…
Mystery solved: Wisconsin girl, missing for months, escapes captor
A 21-year-old Wisconsin man was charged on Friday with holding a 13-year-old girl captive for three months after murdering her parents, one day after the teen managed to escape and was discovered by a woman walking her dog.
House passes bill to reopen some agencies shut down in wall fight
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to restore funding for some federal agencies that have been shut down by a fight with President Donald Trump over border wall funding, as an estimated 800,000 government workers, f…
