BAE, Northrop, SAIC, others in $3.04 billion U.S. defense contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of companies including subsidiaries of BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman Corp, Science Applications International Corp, Teledyne Technologies Inc and KBR Inc will share in a $3.04 billion missile defense contract, the Pentago…
Ex-U.S. Army reservist gets 11 years prison for Islamic State support
(Reuters) – A former member of the Army National Guard in Virginia was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State, despite calling himself a “complete idiot” for having once accepted the group’…
Four accused in Facebook Live beating plead not guilty in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four African-Americans accused of attacking an 18-year-old disabled man on Facebook Live while making anti-white racial taunts pleaded not guilty in a Chicago courthouse on Friday.
One worker unaccounted for after Phillips 66 Louisiana pipeline fire
(Reuters) – A Phillips 66 employee was missing on Friday and a contract worker remained hospitalized after an explosion and fire on Thursday at a Phillips 66 pipeline station in southern Louisiana, parish and company officials said on Friday.
Engine stall prevents Aerolineas Argentinas flight from leaving New York
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Aerolineas Argentinas flight bound for Buenos Aires canceled takeoff from New York’s JFK airport on Thursday night after one of its engines stalled, the state-run airline said in a statement on Friday.
U.S. lottery operators worry as fewer millennials line up to play
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Young Americans are showing less interest in buying lotto tickets than their parents, prompting lottery officials to worry about the odds for future growth.
Exclusive – Trump border ‘wall’ to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build: internal report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s “wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Ethics review sought after Trump adviser touts Ivanka Trump products
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Congressional committee said on Thursday it was seeking a review into whether senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway had violated ethics rules by using her position to promote product lines of President Donald Trump’s daug…
Immigrant whose daughter pleaded to pope has first California hearing
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Mexican immigrant to the United States whose daughter asked Pope Francis for help in stopping her father’s deportation attended his first hearing before an immigration judge in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Trump disputes account of his Supreme Court nominee’s comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump castigated a Democratic senator on Thursday for saying U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch had voiced dismay in a private meeting over Trump’s attacks on the judiciary, while Republicans came forward to…
