As drone demand soars, New Jersey poised to bar drunken droning
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week.
Sustained tremor shakes Oakland, California, USGS says magnitude 4.4
OAKLAND, CA (Reuters) – Sharp tremors lasting several seconds struck Oakland, California, early on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.
Blizzard pounds U.S. Northeast as snow sweeps across South
CHARLESTON, S.C./BOSTON (Reuters) – Heavy snow and high winds pounded the U.S. East Coast along a front stretching from Maine as far south as North Carolina early on Thursday, knocking out power, icing over roadways and closing hundreds of schools.
World Series champion Astros to visit White House
(Reuters) – The Houston Astros will visit the White House to be honored by United States president Donald Trump, a team staff member told the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday.
No winners in U.S. Powerball jackpot worth $460 million
CHICAGO (Reuters) – No one won the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday worth an estimated $460 million, the seventh-largest prize in the game’s history, the lottery website said.
AT&T to launch 5G in U.S. by late 2018
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc , the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier, said it would launch fifth-generation (5G) mobile network service in a dozen cities in the United States by late 2018, after international wireless standards for the network were finalised last month.
Baseball: World Series champion Astros to visit White House
(Reuters) – The Houston Astros will visit the White House to be honored by United States president Donald Trump, a team staff member told the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday.
Los Angeles’ large Iranian community cheers anti-regime protests
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Many in Los Angeles’ Iranian expatriate community, the largest in the United States, are heartened by anti-government street protests back home but want to make sure international focus stays on what they see as a struggle for d…
Ex-U.S. NSA contractor to plead guilty to massive theft of secret data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. National Security Agency contractor has agreed to plead guilty to stealing classified information, according to court filings on Wednesday, in what may have been the largest heist of U.S. government secrets in histo…
U.S. Powerball jackpot swells to $460 million, game’s seventh-largest
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Lottery players have another chance to strike it rich on Wednesday night when Powerball holds a drawing for a jackpot that has ballooned to an estimated $460 million, the seventh-largest prize in the game’s history, the lottery webs…
