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Los Angeles teachers sue Delta Airlines after fuel dump over schools

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Four Los Angeles teachers filed a lawsuit against Delta Airlines after a passenger jet en route to China dropped fuel over several schools in the area, injuring at least 60 people. The teachers say they are entitled to compensatory damages due to emotional anguish and distress. Delta representative Adrian Gee said Delta Flight 89, which departed from Los Angeles International Airport, en route to Shanghai with 149 passengers aboard, was forced to turn around "shortly after […]

todayJanuary 18, 2020 85

Governmental Watchdogs

Senate introduces impeachment charges, officially begins trial of President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Two articles of impeachment were introduced in the Senate Thursday, formally marking the start of a historic proceeding that could potentially remove President Donald Trump from office. The seven Democratic managers tasked with presenting the evidence at trial read the articles on the Senate floor. They accuse Trump of abusing his power by trying to press Ukraine to investigate Democratic candidate Joe Biden, and obstructing the House investigation that followed. Although they mark the official opening of […]

todayJanuary 16, 2020 91

AEW News

AEW Dynamite: Bash at the Beach rocks Miami with action-packed show

MIAMI (UPI) -- AEW held a special Bash at the Beach edition of Dynamite, bringing fun, excitement and thrills to the Watsco Center in Miami. Passionate fans packed the arena and were loud throughout the duration of the event which also included a number of AEW Dark matches that will be aired on YouTube. AEW leaned into the Bash at the Beach theme by using neon-colored lighting and outfitted the stage with palm trees and surfboards. Women in bikinis sat […]

todayJanuary 16, 2020 60

National

Prosecutors seeking 5-year prison sentence for former Rep. Chris Collins

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Former Rep. Chris Collins should be sentenced to nearly five years in prison for insider trading, Federal prosecutors told a U.S. district court judge in filings Monday. Collins, 69, opted to continue serving in Congress while lying about his case to Federal investigators, prosecutors said in a letter to a Federal judge for the Southern District of New York. Collins, who was the first Congressman to endorse President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, in October, pleaded guilty to […]

todayJanuary 14, 2020 73

National

7 billion-year-old stardust found in Australian meteorite

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Scientists have found stardust older than the sun trapped in the Murchison meteorite, which crashed into Australia in 1969. "These are the oldest solid materials ever found, and they tell us about how stars formed in our galaxy," Philipp Heck, a curator at the Field Museum and associate professor at the University of Chicago, said in a news release. Presolar grains are bits of stardust that were formed before the birth of the sun. The grains are […]

todayJanuary 14, 2020 49

Business & Lifestyle

Visa to buy fintech provider Plaid in $5.3 billion deal

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Visa has announced it will pay more than $5 billion to acquire financial technology company Plaid, which produces software for startups to connect to users' bank accounts. Some of Plaid's clients include payment app Venmo, investing app Robinhood and cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Gemini. The firm was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco. The deal is worth $5.3 billion, the companies said. Visa said three-fourths of the world's online consumers used a financial […]

todayJanuary 14, 2020 35

National

American imprisoned in Egypt dies after hunger strike

CAIRO, Egypt (UPI) -- An American citizen imprisoned in Egypt for more than six years under a controversial anti-protest law died Monday following a hunger strike protesting his conviction, the State Department said. Mustafa Kassem, a 54-year-old diabetic, died of heart failure following a lengthy hunger strike, said non-profit Pretrial Rights International, which represented Kassem. Assistant Secretary for Eastern Affairs David Schenker confirmed Kassem's death during a press briefing in Washington. "His death in custody was needless, tragic and avoidable," […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 82

Business & Lifestyle

Raytheon tapped for self-evaluating machine learning system

WALTHAM, Mass. (UPI) -- Raytheon Co. announced on Monday it has begun work on a machine-learning technology allowing machines to teach machines through artificial intelligence use. The $6 million contract is one of four, valued at a total of $20.9 million, between the U.S. Defense Research Projects Agency and Raytheon BBN Technologies, SRI International, BBN Technologies, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging and BAE Systems. The new deal calls for the development of systems able to communicate information and the conditions of […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 44

Decision 2020

Cory Booker drops out of presidential race with ‘no path to victory’

NEWARK, N.J. (UPI) -- Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker announced Monday he's leaving the 2020 presidential race. "It's with a full heart that I share this news-I'm suspending my campaign for president," he tweeted. "To my team, supporters, and everyone who gave me a shot -- thank you. I am so proud of what we built, and I feel nothing but faith in what we can accomplish together." Booker's exit comes just weeks before the primary season begins in […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 32

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