United Airlines pilots resist contract changes over regional routes
United Airlines pilots said they refuse to budge on the wording of their contract governing the outsourcing of regional flights.
PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones’s Infowars
Payments processor PayPal Holdings Inc said on Friday it decided to end its business relationship with popular U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website after finding instances of hate speech and discriminatory content on the site.
More flooding feared for South Carolina, a week after Florence
Residents of Georgetown County, South Carolina, where five rivers flow into the ocean, were preparing on Friday for a deluge of water in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which has killed at least 40 people.
Over 54,000 still without power in Carolinas after Florence
More than 54,000 homes and businesses in the Carolinas were still without power on Friday, a week after Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast on Sept. 14, according to local power companies.
Duke shuts natgas plant due to Florence floods, coal ash leak feared
Duke Energy Corp said it shut down a North Carolina natural gas plant due to flooding as the deluge of water continued in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which has killed more than 40 people.
Texan running 3-D printed guns company ordered to leave Taiwan
A Texan running a 3-D printed guns company who flew to Taiwan as police investigated an accusation he had sex with an underage girl was detained in Taipei on Friday and ordered to leave the island after his U.S. passport was annulled, officials said.
Senate panel wants Kavanaugh hearing terms worked out Friday
The Senate Judiciary Committee has given Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers until the end of Friday to agree on terms for her to testify about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Politico reported, citing a Republ…
Factbox: Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid hinges on handful of senators
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is before a Senate committee that is struggling to advance it after a woman alleged Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school in 1982.
Three infants, two adults stabbed at New York City daycare center
A female worker stabbed three babies, two of whom are less than a month old, at a home-based daycare center in New York City on Friday before slashing her own wrists and being taken into custody, police said.
Senate Republicans to propose Wednesday hearing for Kavanaugh, accuser: CNN
Senate Republicans are likely to propose moving a committee hearing on sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to Wednesday, CNN reported, citing two sources familiar with the negotiations.
