Pilots of Asiana crash knew speed was low: documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pilots of an Asiana Airlines Inc plane that crash-landed in San Francisco last summer were aware the plane was traveling too slowly and tried to correct it in the final seconds before impact, according to documents released on We…
Union machinists held talks with Boeing on 777X
(Reuters) – The union representing Boeing Co’s Seattle area machinists said its leaders had met with top executives of the airplane maker on Tuesday about restarting talks that could see the new 777X jetliner built in Washington state, where the curren…
Gannett to add USA Today pages to its local newspapers
(Reuters) – USA Today, nicknamed “The Nation’s Newspaper,” is getting local.
Texas Rangers probe shooting death of student by police
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Rangers have been called in to investigate the shooting death by police of a student at a Catholic university near San Antonio that his family calls suspicious and local police describe as justifiable.
Insight: Rocker judge juggles tech policy, Supreme Court and the Stones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the cloistered federal appeals courts, where cameras are taboo and life-tenured judges toil in seclusion, Randall Rader relishes his persona as a hard-charging front man.
U.S. schools look to guards, technology a year after Sandy Hook
MILWAUKEE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A year after a gunman massacred 26 first-graders and adults in a Connecticut elementary school, educational officials across the United States continue to face the longstanding question of how to best protect their stud…
New York asks wireless carriers why they oppose antitheft switch: NYT
(Reuters) – New York State attorney general is investigating why American cellphone carriers are yet to support antitheft software on Samsung smartphones, raising questions about possible coordination among the biggest carriers, the New York Times repo…
After long fight, new bridge for Detroit may be in sight
DETROIT (Reuters) – A decade ago Les Cadman stopped making improvements to his small house in Detroit’s declining Delray district because it stood in the path of a proposed bridge to Windsor, Ontario, the bustling Canadian city just across the Detroit …
After long fight, new bridge for Detroit may be in sight
DETROIT (Reuters) – A decade ago Les Cadman stopped making improvements to his small house in Detroit’s declining Delray district because it stood in the path of a proposed bridge to Windsor, Ontario, the bustling Canadian city just across the Detroit …
U.S. Mega Millions lottery up to $400 million, 2nd-biggest ever
(Reuters) – The U.S. Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $400 million for the next draw on Friday after no one won the top prize of $344 million on Tuesday evening, lottery organizers said.
