Major car makers agree to make automatic braking standard in U.S
RUCKERSVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – A group of major automakers accounting for more than half of U.S. auto sales will make automatic emergency braking standard on new U.S. vehicles in one of the industry’s biggest auto safety moves since it embraced technolo…
Sierra wildfire spurs evacuation of thousands of California homes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Evacuation orders were expanded to thousands of homes in northern California’s Sierras on Friday as a rapidly spreading wildfire roared for a third day through drought-parched timber and brush, threatening mountain communities n…
Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) – Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday to carry out an agreement with its bondholders that the children’s museum said would put it on stable financial ground.
Ex-director of Jared Fogle’s foundation appears on child sex charges
(Reuters) – The ex-director of the foundation started by former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appeared in U.S. District Court in Indiana on Friday ahead of his agreement to plead guilty to child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges.
Kentucky law student charged with flying drone at college football game
(Reuters) – A University of Kentucky law student was charged on Friday with flying a drone that crashed into a suite in the school’s football stadium before the team’s game began last weekend, authorities said.
One person dead, another missing after San Antonio flooding
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – One person is dead and another missing after flash floods hit San Antonio Thursday afternoon, fire officials said on Friday.
Faulty elevator door, radio problems led to Cincinnati firefighter’s death: city report
(Reuters) – A faulty elevator door lock, along with radio problems, caused a veteran Cincinnati firefighter to fall to his death head-first 22 feet down an elevator shaft, fire department officials said on Friday.
New Orleans mayor faces house arrest in firefighter wage squabble
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A 5 p.m. deadline loomed on Friday for the city of New Orleans to either pay its firefighters $75 million in back wages or see Mayor Mitch Landrieu placed under weekend house arrest until a deal is reached.
California citrus farmers pull up trees, dig reservoirs to survive drought
ARVIN, Calif. (Reuters) – At the Gless family’s sprawling citrus ranch north of Los Angeles, a massive excavator twists and bends, digging a private reservoir on drought-parched land that just a few months ago contained 400 orange trees.
BA jet engine failure uncontained, pieces hit runway: investigators
(Reuters) – The British Airways plane that caught fire upon take-off from Las Vegas this week suffered an uncontained engine failure, with bits of the engine exploding onto the runway, according to initial findings from U.S. investigators.
