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…
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.
