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North Korean defector arrested after body found in suitcase

HWASEONG, South Korea (UPI) -- A North Korean defector was arrested in connection to the murder of a woman, another defector in the South, after police found her body stuffed inside a suitcase, according to local press reports. South Korean police in the city of Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, said Tuesday they have arrested a man who may have been in a domestic partnership with the victim at the time of her death, local newspaper Munhwa Ilbo reported. The suitcase containing […]

todayFebruary 25, 2020 7

Travel News

Two dead after passenger train derails in Australia

WALLAN, Victoria, Australia (UPI) -- Two people were killed Thursday when a passenger train derailed in southeastern Australia, authorities said.  The Australian Country Fire Authority said a diesel locomotive and five passenger carriages of the Melbourne-to-Sydney train jumped the tracks about 30 miles north of Melbourne, near Wallan in Victoria state. Officials said the train was carrying 160 passengers. An emergency medical center was set up at a nearby restaurant and gas station to treat the injured. The tracks […]

todayFebruary 20, 2020 9

Business & Lifestyle

E-Trade, Morgan Stanley agree to $13 billion acquisition deal

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Morgan Stanley announced plans Thursday to acquire digital investment firm E-Trade for $13 billion, continuing a trend of consolidations in the brokerage field. The Wall Street investment bank said it will pay $58.74 per E-Trade share in a deal expected to close later this year. Morgan Stanley said the move will combine its platforms with $3.1 trillion in client assets and upgrade its wealth management franchise into an industry leader. "The combination adds an iconic brand […]

todayFebruary 20, 2020 3

Business & Lifestyle

Private equity firm to buy majority stake in Victoria’s Secret

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Private equity firm Sycamore Partners agreed to buy a majority stake in the underperforming Victoria's Secret and spin it off into a privately held, standalone entity, the companies announced Thursday. The lingerie chain's owner, Columbus, Ohio-based L Brands, said Sycamore Partners will purchase a 55 percent stake in Victoria's Secret Lingerie, Victoria's Secret Beauty and PINK to create a separate company "focused on reinvigorating its market-leading businesses and returning them to historic levels of profitability and […]

todayFebruary 20, 2020 3

Business & Lifestyle

Coroner: Illinois man who died in grain bin accident suffocated

MORRISONVILLE, Ill. (UPI) -- The autopsy of an Illinois man who died in a grain bin accident this week during his first day on the job found he suffocated after being buried in corn. Farmworker David Lowis, 61, had been helping empty the bin on a farm in Morrisonville on Monday. Corn had stuck to the sidewalls, so Lowis entered from the top to manually free the grain, but he became trapped. "He was told to stay at the door," […]

todayFebruary 14, 2020 6

Business & Lifestyle

Former lawmaker, cable veteran launch 24-hour Black News Channel

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI) -- The Black News Channel, a new broadcast network targeted toward African-American audiences, launched on Monday. Based in Tallahassee, Fla., the 24-hour network says it will produce news "by black people for black people," and expects to reach 33 million households -- mainly in large African-American markets like New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Its mission is to "provide intelligent programming that is informative, educational, entertaining, inspiring and empowering to its African-American audience." BNC Chairman and […]

todayFebruary 14, 2020 7

National

UPS driver delivers lost wallet to New York woman’s home

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (UPI) -- A New York woman who lost her wallet during a trip to the store had the lost item returned with all of its contents intact by a UPS driver who went above and beyond the call of duty. Beth Cefalu of Eltingville, Staten Island, said she apparently lost her wallet while on her way to a store Thursday. Cefalu said she didn't cancel any of the cards inside the wallet in case it turned up […]

todayFebruary 10, 2020 4

Business & Lifestyle

Midwestern farmers afraid spring will bring more widespread flooding

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) -- Midwestern farmers, who endured record-breaking floods in 2019 that hindered planting and harvesting, now face the strong possibility that widespread flooding will return for the 2020 planting season. "It will probably be more of the same," said Tom Christensen, a farmer in southeastern North Dakota who grows wheat, corn and soybeans. The problem, Christensen said, is that the ground still soaked from last year's flooding and it simply can't absorb any more water. "In much of […]

todayFebruary 6, 2020 12

Science News

LIVE: Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch to depart ISS

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (UPI) -- NASA astronaut Christina Koch has spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman. She has been living on the International Space Station since March 14, 2019. On Thursday, Koch and two others, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will depart from ISS and fly back to Earth. The trio boarded the Soyuz MS-13 crew spacecraft late Wednesday night. The Soyuz […]

todayFebruary 6, 2020 5

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