American pilots denounce CEO, citing missed White House meeting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pilots at American Airlines Group Inc denounced the carrier’s chief executive officer, Doug Parker, on Tuesday, citing his decision last week to skip a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. believes Russia deployed new missile in treaty violation: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints by U.S. officials that it violates an arms control treaty banning ground-based U.S. and Russian intermediate-range missiles, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citi…
Ethics office urges White House to weigh disciplining Conway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House should consider disciplinary action against presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway for appearing to violate government ethics rules by publicly endorsing Ivanka Trump products, the Office of Government Ethics wrote…
FAA investigating airplane incident reported to involve actor Harrison Ford
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it is investigating an incident involving a single-engine private plane that flew over an American Airlines Boeing 737 jet in Santa Ana, California.
Russian jets in ‘unsafe’ encounters with destroyer: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Multiple Russian military aircraft came close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Black Sea on Feb. 10, incidents considered “unsafe and unprofessional,” a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
11-year-old Chicago girl shot in the head dies: family
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An 11-year-old who was one of two young girls shot in the head in separate incidents in Chicago during the weekend has died, relatives said on Tuesday, as the city continues to struggle to curb gun violence.
U.S. weather service says hit by first-ever data system outage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Weather Service said on Tuesday it suffered its first-ever outage of its data system during Monday’s blizzard in New England, keeping the agency from sending out forecasts and warnings for more than two hours.
Murder conviction ends infamous 1979 missing child case in N.Y.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City jury on Tuesday found a former delicatessen worker guilty of murdering Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy whose disappearance had been one of the highest-profile unsolved cases in the United States for nearly 40 years.
Governor, artists take aim at states’ transgender bathroom measures
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina’s governor on Tuesday made his latest attempt at convincing legislators to repeal a law that restricts bathroom access for transgender people, while more than 140 entertainers called a similar measure prop…
Challenge to Trump travel ban moves forward in two courts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The most consequential legal challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban will proceed on two tracks in the next few days: in a U.S. appeals court vote in San Francisco and the Seattle courtroom of a federal judge.
