Texan running 3-D printed guns company arrested in Taiwan: officials
A Texan running a 3-D printed guns company who flew to Taiwan as police investigated an accusation that he had sex with an underage girl was arrested in Taipei on Friday after U.S. authorities annulled his passport, officials said.
Breach causes Duke Energy natgas plant shut down in North Carolina
Duke Energy Corp said on Friday breaches in the cooling lake dam of its 625-megawatt natural gas L.V. Sutton plant in North Carolina due to flooding conditions in the Cape Fear river forced the utility to shut down the unit.
U.S. agency accuses Walmart of pregnancy discrimination in lawsuit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday filed a lawsuit accusing Walmart Inc of forcing pregnant workers at a Wisconsin warehouse to go on unpaid leave and denying their requests to take on easier duties.
Cruz to take on Senate challenger O’Rourke in Texas-sized debate
Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Beto O’Rourke will come face-to-face with the man he has been chasing for months, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, at a debate on Friday in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country.
Trump questions Kavanaugh’s accuser, says opponents want to ‘destroy’ nominee
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday sought to cast doubt on the woman who has accused his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, saying if the attack was “as bad as she says” it would have been immediately reported to police.
Trump says Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh is ‘under assault’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was “under assault” by radical leftist politicians, appearing to grow impatient with the delay of his appointee’s confirmation proceedings.
Three infants, two adults stabbed at daycare center in New York City
Three babies and two adults were stabbed at a home-based daycare center in New York City on Friday, leaving one child with serious injuries, police said.
Kavanaugh accuser seeks terms for testimony as deadline looms
The woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault told a Senate committee she would be willing to testify later next week as a Friday deadline set by the Republican-led panel loomed.
Over 62,000 still without power in the Carolinas after Florence
More than 62,000 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.
Three infants, two adults stabbed at New York City daycare: police
A female worker at a New York City daycare center stabbed three infants and two adults early on Friday, injuring one child seriously, then cut her own wrists, police said.
