Pratt must push harder to cut costs for F-35 jet engine: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pratt & Whitney, the engine-making unit of United Technologies Corp, must redouble efforts to lower the cost of the single F135 engine it builds for the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet, top U.S. military official said on Monday.
Philadelphia boy, two, fatally shoots 11-year-old sister: police
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A 2-year-old boy has fatally shot his 11-year-old sister after finding a gun in their home, Philadelphia police said on Monday.
Accused Colorado movie theater gunman seeks change of venue
DENVER (Reuters) – Lawyers for the man charged with mass murder in a 2012 shooting frenzy that left 12 people dead at a Colorado movie theater have asked that his upcoming trial be moved out of the suburban Denver county where the case has been prosecu…
‘I am no longer a threat’: Whitey’ Bulger in prison letters
BOSTON (Reuters) – Convicted gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has a message for members of Boston’s criminal underworld: If you confess to a crime you committed, he’s not coming for you.
Washington state mudslide death toll rises to 33
(Reuters) – The death toll from a massive mudslide that devastated a rural community in Washington state last month rose by three to 33 on Monday, with a dozen people still unaccounted for, county officials said.
Southwestern CEO interrupted by protestor at NY conference
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A bare-chested protester interrupted a presentation by Southwestern Energy Co Chief Executive Steven Mueller at an investment conference on Monday, an apparent outburst against the natural gas producer’s plans to expand into Canada…
Teva asks Supreme court to stay ruling in Copaxone case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to stop a lower court ruling from going into effect while the justices consider an appeal in a patent fight over Teva’s top-selling multiple sclerosis drug…
Girl missing, 100 rescued after storms spark flash flooding
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – A 9-year-old girl appeared to have been swept away by flash floods triggered by severe storms in Mississippi and more than 100 people were rescued from deluged apartment buildings in Alabama, authorities said on Monday.
U.S. defense chief, in first, visits China’s aircraft carrier
QINGDAO, China (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel took a two-hour tour around China’s sole aircraft carrier on Monday, in an unprecedented opening by Beijing to a potent symbol of its military power.
Navy picks up U.S. family with sick baby from sailboat in Pacific
(Reuters) – Rescuers plucked a seriously ill American baby girl and her family from a sailboat in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and transferred them to a U.S. Navy frigate that will take them back to California, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
