Delta lifts U.S. groundstop after restoring computer systems
Delta Air Lines Inc said it has restored all its systems after a technology issue grounded some flights that had not yet taken off, briefly disrupting travel for its passengers across the country on Tuesday evening.
Thousands told to flee as Florence-triggered floods wash into South Carolina
Thousands of people in the Georgetown, South Carolina, area were urged to evacuate their homes on Tuesday as rainwater unleashed by Hurricane Florence surged down rivers, threatening to submerge some neighborhoods under 10 feet of water.
Suspect arrested in bludgeoning of seven California men, three of them fatal
A man who fled to California from Texas after being questioned in the disappearance of two Houston relatives has been arrested on suspicion of committing seven bludgeoning attacks, three of them fatal, in the Los Angeles area this month, police said on…
Thousands urged to flee as Florence-triggered floods wash into South Carolina
Thousands of people in the Georgetown, South Carolina, area were urged to evacuate their homes on Tuesday as rainwater unleashed by Hurricane Florence surged down rivers, threatening to submerge some neighborhoods under 10 feet of water.
Suspect arrested in baseball-bat bludgeoning of homeless men in Los Angeles
A man has been arrested on suspicion of bludgeoning several homeless men with a baseball bat, two of them fatally, in a series of attacks this month in downtown Los Angeles and the adjacent beachfront city of Santa Monica, police said on Tuesday.
Man who served in U.S. Army Reserves accused of being agent for China
A Chinese citizen was arrested in Chicago on Tuesday on charges that he covertly worked for a high-ranking Chinese intelligence official to help try to recruit engineers and scientists, including some who worked as U.S. defense contractors, the Justice…
Bill Cosby, in cuffs, imprisoned for up to 10 years for sexual assault
Bill Cosby was marched out of court in shackles on Tuesday after a judge branded him a “predator” and sentenced him to between three and 10 years in prison for sexual assault, capping the downfall of the once-beloved comedian known as “America’s Dad.”
Ex-U.S. NSA employee sentenced to prison for exposing secrets
A former U.S. National Security Agency employee was sentenced in a federal court in Baltimore on Tuesday to 5-1/2 years in prison, after pleading guilty last December to illegally taking classified information outside the spy agency, the U.S. Justice D…
McConnell says Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh will be confirmed
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he believed President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, would be confirmed to the lifetime position.
Bill Cosby sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for sexual assault
Bill Cosby was marched out of court in handcuffs on Tuesday after being sentenced to between three and 10 years in prison for sexual assault, capping the downfall of the once-beloved comedian known as “America’s Dad.”
