Pennsylvania fiscal position improved, governor wants corporate tax cut
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, who faces re-election this year, presented on Tuesday a $32.9 billion budget for fiscal 2019 that called for a single tax increase on natural gas extraction, a proposal he has failed …
Huge SpaceX rocket blasts off from Florida in debut test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, roared into space through clear blue skies in its debut test flight on Tuesday from a Florida launch site where moon missions once began, in another milestone for…
New York man gets 18 years prison for Islamic State support
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City man was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to aid Islamic State and assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.
Deduction scramble helped drive U.S. wave of tax bonuses: experts
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump signed into law an overhaul of the U.S. tax code in late December that slashed the corporate tax rate, managers at Southwest Airlines Co wasted no time.
High-speed U.S. passenger train decouples in Maryland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high-speed Amtrak train carrying more than 50 people decoupled on Tuesday as it traveled northward in Maryland, causing no injuries but highlighting concerns about the U.S. passenger carrier’s safety record after a series of ac…
SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket blasts off from Florida in debut test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A new SpaceX jumbo rocket built to be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle in operation blasted off from Florida on Tuesday in its debut test launch in a milestone for Silicon Valley billionaire entrepreneur Elon Mu…
Former USA gymnastics coach under investigation: Michigan sheriff
(Reuters) – A former coach of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, John Geddert, was under investigation, a sheriff in Michigan said on Tuesday, coming on the heels of a sexual abuse scandal surrounding a team doctor with whom the coach had worked.
Trump cites lax border security for MS-13 gang violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump linked tighter border controls to stemming gang violence on Tuesday during a White House meeting with law enforcement officials on the MS-13 criminal gang.
Amtrak engineer must face trial for 2015 derailment, judge rules
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia judge on Tuesday ruled that the engineer at the throttle of an Amtrak train during a deadly derailment in 2015 must face criminal charges, overturning another judge who had dismissed them, prosecutors said.
U.S. safety board blames two commuter crashes on sleep disorders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. investigative agency said on Tuesday that two New York City area commuter train crashes were the result of engineers with undiagnosed sleep disorders.
