SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Boeing said on Monday (Dec 16) it will halt 737 commercial production in January as the grounding of its best-selling Max following two fatal crashes within five months looks set to last well into next year, a move that could hit its global supply chain and the US economy. The decision, made […]
THE Hallmark Channel says it will reinstate same-sex marriage commercials that it had pulled from the TV network. Hallmark Cards CEO Mike Perry said in a statement that pulling the commercials “was the wrong decision”. An ad for wedding planning site Zola features two brides kissing at the altar. The network pulled the ads for […]
A young woman who went to her doctor after finding a lump says she was told that she was "too young" to have breast cancer and given antibiotics. But a biopsy later revealed that Samantha Reid, then 22, had stage four breast cancer. Samantha discovered the lump on February 15 this year after her boyfriend […]
This year’s flu season has already led to as many as 2,400 deaths — including six children — between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In that same time period, the virus has sent 1.2 million people to their doctors and landed up to 29,000 people in the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two bills aimed at supporting human rights and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Trump signed the bills, which were approved by near unanimous consent in the House and Senate, even as he expressed some concerns about complicating the effort to work out a trade deal with […]
Top Democrats have urged Republicans to cross party lines and side with them in impeaching their own leader, US President Donald Trump. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler, who are leading the Democratic push to impeach him, made their case days before the first full House vote. Mr Trump poses a “clear and present danger” to […]
United States military officials said they were investigating whether Army cadets and Navy midshipmen had flashed hand symbols associated with hate groups at their football game on Saturday. A broadcast showed cadets from the United States Military Academy and midshipmen from the Naval Academy in the stands displaying the sign at least five times behind […]
A woman whose one-year-old child was wrenched from her arms by officers in New York City is to receive a cash settlement from the city. A video showing Ms Headley lying on the floor as officers attempt to wrestle the child from her arms went viral in December 2018, prompting a police investigation. Jazmine Headley […]
A teenage girl died from 'kissing disease' after doctors wrongly believed she was having a stroke. Ariana Rae Delfs, from Jacksonville in Florida, US, experienced cold-like symptoms and constant headaches three weeks ago and had visited several doctors. The 17-year-old underwent a number of tests, including one for mononucleosis, also known as the kissing disease, […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Michael Pompeo on Saturday (Dec 14) opened a personal Twitter account as rumours continue that the Secretary of State will run for the US Senate from Kansas in 2020. The handle, @mikepompeo, had issued two tweets and attracted more than 2,800 followers by day’s end. The State Department has requested in the […]