A cargo vessel being loaded with fuel containers in the Galápagos Islands overturned, sinking some 600 gallons of oil into the UNESCO World Heritage site. Crews worked immediately in an effort to contain the diesel fuel spill
On Monday, Boeing CEO Dennis A. Muilenburg was fired, just one week after the company announced it planned to suspend production of its troubled 737 Max airplanes, which were grounded after two crashes killed 346 people. Muilenburg
Seven people were shot early Sunday morning in downtown Baltimore. Authorities say that 4 victims were brought to the hospital by ambulance: a 20 year old man shot in the shoulder and hip, an 18 year old
Virginia State Police said that thirty-five people were hurt in a chain-reaction, 63-vehicle crash on a foggy and icy stretch of highway early on Sunday. On Twitter, the Virginia state police department said that all westbound lanes
A 66-year-old resident of an assisted-living complex in Rhode Island killed one person and wounded two others before taking his own life Thursday morning, prompting area schools and businesses to lock down, police said. The mid-morning incident
Surveillance footage outside of convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell during his first suicide attempt has gone missing, according to prosecutors. Epstein was imprisoned in July 2019 in Manhattan. The former billionaire shared a cell with Nick
President Donald Trump became the third sitting president in U.S. history to be impeached. The House of Representatives approved on Wednesday two charges against him: that he abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine to
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday that Uber has agreed to pay more than $4 million after it was found to have permitted a culture of sexual harassment and retaliation at its workplace. The company will
Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said Tuesday that about $750 million
On Tuesday, the House passed a $1.4 trillion spending package that would fund federal agencies through September 2020 and avoid a government shutdown. The sweeping measure, which is divided into two legislative packages, now heads to the
