Ford to repair U.S. police vehicles after carbon monoxide concerns Ford Motor Co said Friday it will pay to repair police versions of its Ford Explorer SUVs to correct possible carbon monoxide leaks that may be linked to crashes and injuries after U.S. regulators escalated an investigation into 1.33 million […]
Flooding threatens U.S. Mid-Atlantic, central Appalachians Heavy rains will drench the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and central Appalachians on Saturday after flooding overnight closed roadways and forced water rescues across the region, forecasters said. A swathe of land from eastern North Carolina up through Washington D.C. and southern Pennsylvania could expect an […]
U.S. government ordered to solve ‘Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat’ U.S. aviation authorities were ordered back to the drawing board on Friday to solve what a federal appeals judge called “The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat.” Judge Patricia Millett told the Federal Aviation Administration to take […]
Hundreds of counties at risk for no Obamacare insurer in 2018 With Republican efforts to dismantle Obamacare in disarray, hundreds of U.S. counties are at risk of losing access to private health coverage in 2018 as insurers consider pulling out of those markets in the coming months. Republican senators failed […]
U.S. government delays Obama earnings-stripping rule deadline The U.S. government on Friday gave companies an extra year to comply with an Obama-era regulation meant to crack down on corporations that try to minimize their U.S. tax bills by shifting profits abroad to countries with lower tax rates. The regulation, known […]
Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus with retired General Kelly President Donald Trump replaced his beleaguered White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, after only six months on the job on Friday, installing retired General John Kelly in his place in a major shake-up of his top team. Trump announced […]
North Korea tests another ICBM, claims all of U.S. in strike range North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that proved its ability to strike all of America’s mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and a […]
Trump to Sign Russia Sanctions Bill, White House Says The White House said on Friday night that President Trump would sign legislation imposing sweeping sanctions against Russia and curtailing his own power to lift them by himself, bowing to the near-universal bipartisan will of Congress at the risk of escalating […]
Italy Plans Naval Mission Off Libya to Stop Migrant Boats Italy’s prime minister convened top cabinet ministers on Thursday to discuss a plan to send Italian warships into Libyan territorial waters to combat smugglers who have sent thousands of migrants to Italian shores. The step came a day after Italy […]
Russia Seizes 2 U.S. Properties and Orders Embassy to Cut Staff Russia took its first steps on Friday to retaliate against proposed American sanctions for Moscow’s suspected meddling in last year’s election, seizing two American diplomatic properties and ordering the United States Embassy to reduce staff by September. The moves, […]
