U.S. safety board to review final report on 2015 El Faro sinking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. safety officials were due to meet on Tuesday to discuss their final report on the 2015 sinking of the El Faro freighter, which killed all 33 crew members in the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel i…
Five years after Sandy Hook, U.S. gun-control advocates switch strategy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five years after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, advocates who are disappointed with the failure of efforts to limit access to firearms are changing their strategy.
U.S. transit agencies cautious on electric buses despite bold forecasts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Communities across the United States are looking to replace their dirty diesel buses, ushering in what some analysts predict will be a boom in electric fleets.
Doubts about U.S. State redesign deepen with erroneous comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson holds a town hall with staff on Tuesday amid skepticism about his planned agency reorganization that has been aggravated by his recent inaccurate comments about the State Department, a dozen …
Firefighters hold back massive Southern California wildfire
VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters, taking advantage of a lull in the winds, on Monday held in check a massive Southern California wildfire that has torched hundreds of buildings and charred an area larger than New York City.
U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea in 1965 dies aged 77
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea more than half a century ago, but who was eventually allowed to leave the secretive state, has died in Japan aged 77.
Houston man arrested for trying to aid Islamic State: U.S. government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An 18-year-old Houston man was charged on Monday with trying to support the radical group Islamic State and distributing information about how to make bombs, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Ex-investigator tells of fleeing Turkey with evidence of corruption
(Reuters) – A former Turkish police investigator told jurors in a New York court on Monday of fleeing Turkey in 2016 out of fear of retaliation from the government after leading a corruption investigation involving high-ranking officials, taking his ev…
Subway bomber wounds self, three victims in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Bangladeshi man set off a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his body in a crowded New York City commuter hub during the morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, immediately calling it an attempted terrorist attack.
‘Soup Nazi’ company’s former CFO pleads guilty to tax evasion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former chief financial officer of a company that licensed the name and recipes of the chef who inspired the tyrannical “Soup Nazi” character on the TV comedy “Seinfeld” pleaded guilty on Monday to tax evasion, according to court records.
