Cargill to pay total of $1.5 million to Muslim workers in Colorado prayer dispute
Cargill Meat Solutions will pay a total of $1.5 million to 138 Muslim workers who were fired after walking off the job in a dispute over prayer breaks at a Colorado meat-packing plant in 2015, the company said on Friday.
Florence plows inland, leaving five dead, states flooded
Florence plowed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Friday, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc.
Five dead in Carolinas as Florence brings ‘epic’ floods
Florence barreled into the Carolina coast and moved inland on Friday, knocking down trees, overflowing rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leading to the death of five people before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc.
Florence seen testing North Carolina environmental codes on toxic hog waste
Tropical Storm Florence could taint North Carolina waterways with murky coal ash and toxic hog waste as heavy rains test environmental rules written with milder weather in mind, carrying the risk of contaminating water with bacteria like salmonella, of…
Over 895,000 without power as Florence batters Carolinas
U.S. power companies said over 895,000 homes and businesses located mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina were without power on Friday after Florence hit the Southeast coast.
Lockheed wins contract for U.S. Air Force GPS satellites
The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it had chosen Lockheed Martin to build 22 next-generation Global Positioning System satellites worth up to $7.2 billion, part of a major effort to modernize the GPS constellation of satellites.
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.
