Florence’s ‘violent grind’ leaves at least four dead in Carolinas
Florence crashed into the Carolina coast on Friday, felling trees, dumping nearly three feet of rain on some spots and leading to the death of four people before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc.
U.S. to ‘get moving’ on asylum cases of separated migrant families
A U.S. government attorney told a federal judge on Friday the Trump administration would quickly begin to implement an agreement to reconsider asylum for hundreds of families who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico.
Public in dark over closure of New Mexico solar observatory
A New Mexico observatory aimed at unlocking the sun’s secrets has been shut indefinitely by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation over an undisclosed security issue, leaving it at the center of its own mystery.
Lockheed wins $7.2 billion contract for U.S. Air Force GPS satellites
The U.S. Air Force announced on Friday it had chosen Lockheed Martin to build 22 Global Positioning System satellites worth up to $7.2 billion.
Clashing with Trump, California governor says to launch climate satellite
California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday pledged to launch a satellite that will track and detect the sources of climate pollutants, his state’s latest effort to challenge the Trump administration’s skepticism about the science of climate change.
Boston suburbs gas pipeline accident biggest since 2010
Some 8,000 people in Boston’s suburbs had little hope of returning home soon as investigators scrambled on Friday to find out the cause of dozens of gas explosions that destroyed scores of homes in the biggest such accident in nearly a decade.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace wins $498 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS, a unit of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, has been awarded a $498 million U.S. defense contract for production of the M153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, the Pentagon said on Friday.
NHC says Florence has weakened to a tropical storm
Florence has weakened to a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday, adding that still life-threatening storm surges and catastrophic freshwater flooding are expected over portions of North and South Carolina.
Trump ex-campaign head Manafort changes mind, cooperates in Russia probe
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will cooperate with the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a dramatic turnaround in a probe that the U.S. president derides as a political witch hunt.
Trump ex-top aide Manafort changes mind, cooperates in Russia probe
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will cooperate with the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, prosecutors said on Friday, a dramatic turnaround that deals the U.S. president a political setback.
