Month: January 2020

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — Opening arguments were presented Wednesday at the New York trial of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former Hollywood mega-producer charged with rape and sexual assault. In a 90-minute opening argument that was graphic [Read More…]

Wolterk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Boeing CEO David Calhoun, who’s been on the job about a week, said that in the aftermath of the 737 Max crisis, “We were our own worst enemy.” Calhoun, a longtime Boeing [Read More…]

tonefotografia/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Travelers may be used to flying with their emotional support animals — anything from a pet hamster to a baby crocodile — but the rules are about to change, according to a new [Read More…]

DenisKot/iStock(NEW YORK) — Some of the world’s biggest nonprofit organizations are banding together to fight the purchase of the “.org” internet address by a private equity firm, calling management of the domain a “human rights [Read More…]

mixmotive/iStock (NEW YORK) — Amtrak officials have apologized and said they’re suspending a policy after two wheelchair users in a group of five passengers were charged $25,000. Five members of Access Living, an Illinois-based nonprofit [Read More…]

Sjo/iStock(SYDNEY) — Three Americans were killed battling the Australian wildfires Thursday when their water tanker plane crashed in New South Wales. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker went down in the Snowy Mountains’ Monaro [Read More…]

kali9/iStock(SEATTLE) — Police in Seattle are searching for suspects after one person was killed and at least five others wounded on Wednesday evening before fleeing the scene. Police said the shooting was not a random [Read More…]