New York banana importer gets more prison time for embezzlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Long Island banana importer serving prison terms for engaging in a cocaine distribution scheme and beating his girlfriend was sentenced on Monday to another 5-1/2 years in custody for stealing from his employees’ retirement plan….
Texas deputy, set to retire in September, shot dead at home near Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A sheriff’s deputy in Travis County, Texas was shot and killed on Monday after reporting to the department’s dispatcher that a suspected robbery was in progress at his home in suburban Austin, officials said.
TV newswoman plunges 125 feet to death at North Carolina waterfall
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A television news anchor from Georgia fell 125 feet to her death in North Carolina after being swept over a waterfall, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service said on Monday.
U.S., Mexico air transport accord enters in force, seen boosting travel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico agreed to put into force a new air transportation agreement that is expected to boost travel and clear the way for any city to have direct airline service to the neighboring nation, the U.S. Transport…
U.S. Air Force gives up efforts to recover weather satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – An Air Force weather satellite that failed two years into its planned five-year lifetime cannot be recovered, leaving an aged network of spacecraft in orbit to collect key meteorological data for global military operati…
LATAM Airlines to pay $22 million over Argentine bribes case
WASHINGTON/SANTIAGO (Reuters) – LATAM Airlines Group SA , Latin America’s largest airline, has agreed to pay more than $22 million in civil and criminal fines relating to a decade-old Argentine bribery case, U.S. authorities said Monday.
U.S. judge faults Uber, bans background check in NY lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday banned Uber Technologies Inc and its Chief Executive Travis Kalanick from using information from a background check on a passenger bringing a price-fixing lawsuit, saying the investigative firm conducting …
Body of missing skydiver found in Oklahoma: reports
(Reuters) – The body of a 26-year-old woman skydiver who went missing on Sunday during a jump in Oklahoma has been found in a wooded area near the town of Cushing, local media reported on Monday.
Four dead as van collides with bus carrying Dallas Cowboys staff in Arizona
(Reuters) – Four people were killed on Sunday when a bus carrying staff of the Dallas Cowboys football team collided with a van on an Arizona highway, authorities said.
Iran says detains Iranian-American dual national
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran confirmed on Sunday the detention of an Iranian-American visiting the country, the latest in a string of arrests of dual nationals in the past year.
