U.S. drops charges that U.N. economist underpaid Bangladeshi worker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have dropped charges accusing a United Nations economist in New York of committing visa fraud by bringing into the country a domestic worker from Bangladesh and then failing to pay her a lawful wage, his lawyers an…
Amtrak engineer remarked on train speed 6 seconds before crash: NTSB
(Reuters) – Six seconds before an Amtrak train derailed off a bridge and onto a highway near Seattle, the engineer remarked that the train was speeding, U.S. investigators said on Friday.
Three women shot dead trying to flee St. Louis home invasion: report
(Reuters) – Three women were fatally shot as they tried to escape in a car from an apparent home invasion in St. Louis on Friday morning, local media reported.
U.S. December auto sales seen down 2.6 percent: J.D. Power and LMC
(Reuters) – The pace of U.S. vehicle sales is set to slow for the third straight month in December despite aggressive discounts from manufacturers, according to industry consultants J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.
Ski slopes and beaches forgotten: tax takes precedence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There will be no holiday slowdown this year for tax consultant Jonathan Traub, who skipped hitting the ski slopes with his family and hunkered down in his Colorado condo to prep for a webcast.
U.S. sports broadcaster Dick Enberg, 82, dies in San Diego: media
(Reuters) – U.S. broadcaster Dick Enberg, who charmed sports fans with his “Oh My!” declaration as he called some of the most memorable sporting events during the last five decades, died on Thursday, ESPN reported. He was 82.
Sports broadcaster Dick Enberg, 82, dies in San Diego: ESPN
(Reuters) – Broadcaster Dick Enberg, who charmed sports fans with his “Oh My!” declaration as he called some of the most memorable sporting events during the last five decades, died on Thursday, ESPN reported. He was 82.
Robot growing pains: Two U.S. factories show tensions of going digital
COLUMBUS, Ind. (Reuters) – When Sandy Vierling took a job at a new robot-packed factory her company built just a few miles from an older plant where she made automotive exhaust systems, she crossed into the future of manufacturing in the United States….
Boston-area paramedics on front lines of U.S. opioid crisis
(Reuters) – The paramedics find them everywhere – slumped over car steering wheels, barely breathing in doughnut shop bathrooms or dead in derelict apartments and expensive mansions.
California manhunt under way after random shootings target 10 drivers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police in California’s Central Valley have launched a manhunt for at least one suspect after a series of 10 random shootings on vehicles left one woman wounded this holiday season, officials said on Thursday.
