Sotloff lauded at Florida service as journalist committed to truth
MIAMI (Reuters) – Nearly 1,000 people including relatives, friends and prominent Florida politicians attended a memorial service on Friday for Steven Sotloff, who was killed by Islamic State militants, recalling him as a journalist committed to reveali…
Puerto Rico turnaround boss targets ‘fair plan’ for utility
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The new turnaround chief of Puerto Rico’s power authority said on Friday she was targeting a “fair plan” in the restructuring of PREPA, with all options on the table but said it was too early to say if job cuts or a privatization w…
Diverted flight carrying Americans takes off from Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A chartered aircraft carrying about 100 U.S. citizens from Afghanistan to Dubai has taken off from Bandar Abbas, Iran, where it was diverted because of issues with its flight plan, a U.S. official said on Friday.
Unresponsive, private U.S. plane crashes off coast of Jamaica
KINGSTON (Reuters) – A small U.S. private plane with an unresponsive pilot crashed off the east coast of Jamaica on Friday after veering far off its course toward southwest Florida and triggering a U.S. security alert that prompted a fighter jet escort…
Alaska Airlines agrees to pay $500,000 over 2010 cockpit fire
(Reuters) – Alaska Airlines has agreed to pay $500,000 in civil penalty claims after an electrical fire ignited in a Boeing 737-400 cockpit in 2010 while it was parked at a gate in Anchorage, the Justice Department said on Friday.
Former United Commercial Bank exec agrees to guilty plea
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A former bank executive has agreed to plead guilty in a U.S. criminal case resulting from the bank’s failure after it received a $300 million federal bailout, according to a court filing on Friday.
No class-action suit for Darden restaurant staff, U.S. judge rules
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ruled that food servers and bartenders employed by Darden Restaurants Inc, which owns chains including Olive Garden, the Capital Grille and LongHorn Steakhouse, cannot sue the company as a group for alleged wag…
Detroit needs to shed debt to afford improvements: witness
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit could not afford to undertake a series of necessary improvements without a court-approved plan to shed a chunk of its debt, a city consultant testified on Friday at a U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing.
Veteran CBS newsman Bruce Morton dies at 83
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bruce Morton, an award-winning political correspondent for CBS News who also covered the Vietnam War and the U.S. space program, died on Friday, the network said. He was 83.
Police arrest suspect in quadruple Florida killing, rescue boy
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Police arrested a man suspected in four killings and rescued a 4-year-old boy with him in a SWAT operation at a hotel in Tampa, Florida, early on Friday, authorities said.
