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.
Detroit City Council approves $55 million bond repurchase plan
(Reuters) – Detroit will tap up to $55 million in surplus cash to retire some of the debt the city issued in 2014 as part of its exit from bankruptcy, under a plan approved on Tuesday by the city council.
Transgender people sue Alabama over driver’s license policy
(Reuters) – Three transgender people sued an Alabama state agency on Tuesday, alleging its policy requiring proof of gender surgery to change the gender indicator on driver’s licenses was discriminatory.
Alabama sues OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic
(Reuters) – Alabama on Tuesday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP of fueling the opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing prescription painkillers to generate billions of dollars in sales.
U.S. probes false tsunami cellphone alerts that spooked Americans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. officials were investigating how incorrect alerts were broadcast to cellphones on Tuesday warning residents of coastal cities from New York to New Orleans of possible tsunami waves.
U.S. jurors’ identities in ‘El Chapo’ drug trial to remain secret
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Brooklyn has ruled that the identities of jurors expected to decide the fate of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at a trial this year will be kept secret.
