Plan to shelter in place: NOLA Mayor
Tropical Storm Barry is approaching New Orleans, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell is calling on residents to shelter in place and be ready to heed warnings...
Air Canada flight diverted to Hawaii after turbulence, minor injuries reported
An Air Canada flight was diverted on Thursday to Hawaii after a sudden case of severe turbulence left 35 customers with minor injuries, the carrier...
Egypt detains man behind pro-Mubarak Facebook page
Egyptian authorities have arrested the founder of a Facebook page with millions of followers that praises ousted President Hosni Mubarak, a judicial source said on...
Deutsche Bank to layoff 126 New York staff as part of restructuring
Deutsche Bank AG plans to lay off 126 employees in New York in the coming months, according to a filing the bank made with New...
Pelosi says ‘respects’ value of every member
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that her party “respects the value” of every member of the caucus a day after she urged...
U.S. government posts $8 billion deficit in June
The U.S. government posted an $8 billion budget deficit in June, according to data released on Thursday by the Treasury Department....
Gulf of Mexico U.S. oil output cut by 53% ahead of storm – U.S. govt
Energy companies have cut crude oil production in the U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico by 53.39%, or 1 million barrels per day (bpd),...
Storm Barry bears down on New Orleans with ‘extreme rain,’ flooding risk
Some residents and visitors prepared to flee New Orleans on Thursday as Tropical Storm Barry closed in and officials warned of “extreme rain” and flooding...
Ciccone turns blue into yellow on Tour de France debut
Giulio Ciccone reached his season’s goal when he won the Maglia Azzurra (blue) for the mountains classification at the Giro d’Italia, but little did he...
Lawmakers seek scientific review of plan to tightly regulate all fentanyl copycats
Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have urged the Trump administration to conduct a scientific review of a Justice Department-backed bill to classify all...
