U.S. company manager pleads guilty in PDVSA bribery scheme
A former manager of a U.S.-based logistics company pleaded guilty on Thursday to paying bribes to secure contracts from Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, and the guilty plea of the official who was bribed was also unsealed, the U.S. Justice Departme…
Suspected gas explosions rock towns near Boston, forcing evacuations
Dozens of explosions and fires rocked a wide area across several communities north of Boston on Thursday, prompting evacuations of numerous neighborhoods where gas odors were present, Massachusetts state police reported.
Ex-Trump aide Manafort close to plea deal with Mueller: source
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is close to reaching a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller but an agreement has not been concluded, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
U.S. airlines, officials grapple with looming pilot shortfall
Airlines, government agencies and academic institutions must work together to address a potential future shortfall of commercial and military pilots and other aviation employees in the coming years, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
FEMA faces Hurricane Florence with range of housing options from 2017 storms
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has thousands of modular homes on hand along with other temporary housing options tested by last year’s spate of storms, as Hurricane Florence bears down on the U.S. Southeast, the agency said on Thursday.
Hurricane Florence lashing Carolinas with heavy rain, flooding
The outer bands of Hurricane Florence lashed the Carolinas with wind and rain on Thursday, flooding roads and overflowing rivers in an ominous prelude of the damage the huge storm could inflict when it makes landfall on Friday with millions of people i…
U.S. Congress aim to delay border wall funding fight until December
U.S. Congress negotiators on Thursday moved to put off until after the Nov. 6 elections decisions on future funding for President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar southwest border wall, as lawmakers advanced legislation funding many other government …
‘Pure evil’: Ex-New England mob boss gets life in prison for 1993 murder
An octogenarian former New England mob boss was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday as the grown children of a nightclub owner he was convicted of murdering in 1993 accused him of devastating their lives and being “pure evil.”
California to attend Justice Department meeting on social media
California will join other states planning to participate in a meeting organized by the U.S. Justice Department to discuss concerns about conservative voices being stifled on social media, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday.
General Dynamics wins $481 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon
General Dynamics Corp’s Electric Boat unit has been awarded a $481 million U.S. defense contract in support of the Columbia class fleet ballistic missile submarines, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
