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Award-winning journalist dies in car accident at 33
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books about dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hastings won a Polk Award for magazine ...
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Obama family trip under fire amid sequester cuts- Walter Reed plans to furlough thousands
President Obama's trip this month to Africa, with the first family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100 million, sparking criticism as the federal government scrimps along during sequester-related budget cuts. Among the related costs will be fighter jets; hundreds of Secret Service agents; a Navy ship with a full trauma center; and military cargo planes to bring 56 ...
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United Airlines Changes Frequent Flier Program Adds Dollars Spent To Miles
United just announced it is joining Delta in adding spending minimums to its elite frequent flier program in addition to mileage. Photo: Wikipedia Earlier this ...
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All Eyes Are On The Federal Reserve And Thats The Problem
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) To read the financial and economic commentariat right now is to know that all eyes are on the Federal Reserve. Will it or won't it cease buying Treasuries and agency paper, will it or won't it raise the rate it sets for short-term credit? If the pundits are to be believed, such information will impact the allocation of trillions of dollars ...
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United Airlines Becomes North American Launch Customer for Boeing 787-10 as It Increases Dreamliner Order to 65
United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) today increased its 787 Dreamliner order to 65 aircraft (including six previously delivered aircraft) with an order for 20 787-10s. United is the North American launch customer for the 787-10 and it expects delivery of its first aircraft in 2018. United ordered 10 incremental 787-10 aircraft and will convert 10 existing 787s on order to 787-10s, enabling the airline ...
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Michael Hastings journalist who cost top US General Stanley McChrystal his job killed in Los Angeles car crash
United States The journalist whose Rolling Stone interview with General Stanley McChrystal led to the top NATO general in Afghanistan losing his job has been killed in a car crash.Michael Hastings, 33, was killed in a car crash in Los Angeles early on Tuesday morning (local time), his employer, the Buzzfeed news website, confirmed.Hastings' interview with General McChrystal, published in ...
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United Dreamliner diverted due to possible oil filter problem
SEATTLE (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Tuesday that a Boeing Co 787 on its way to Tokyo from Denver was diverted to Seattle after an indication of a problem with an oil filter, but the plane landed without ...
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Capitol Hill cooperation allows congressman to breathe easier
PHOENIX -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is a doctor for stepping in to ...
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Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. states
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously ...
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U.S. in danger of losing humanities social sciences edge panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is in danger of losing its advantage in the humanities and social sciences, just as China and other rivals move toward the U.S. model of a broad education in the liberal arts, a federal panel warned in a report to be released on ...
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The US Military and the Unraveling of Africa
website. The Gulf of Guinea. He said it without a hint of irony or embarrassment. This was one of US Africa Command's big success stories. The Gulfof Guinea. Never mind ...
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Video Two teens stranded 8000 feet up on cliff rescued by chopper
In Sierra Buttes, Calif., two boys hiked up a jagged cliff and ended up stranded 8,000 feet up. The California Highway Patrol sent a chopper and had to lower a harness to carry them to safety, since climbing down was not an option. Scott Pelley ...
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10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. TALIBAN, US AGREE TO PEACE TALKS Obama cautions, though, that the process won't be quick or easy. 2. WHO'S TAKING A SWIPE AT ROE V. WADE The House passes a bill restricting almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception, defying most state laws. 3. ...
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United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
SEATTLE -; United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International ...
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Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against JJ
The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of ...
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Dish passes on making new offer for Sprint
Sprint is suing to stop Dish Network's buyout of wireless data network operator Clearwire. The nation's third-largest cellphone carrier said the proposed deal violates the rights of Sprint and other Clearwire ...
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Shimon Peres celebrates 90th birthday with Clinton Blair and Streisand
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 18: (ISRAEL OUT) (L -R) Singer Barbra Streisand, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Israeli President Shimon Peres attend Peres' 90th birthday gala June 18, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The celebration also marks the start of the Israeli Presidential Conference, a gathering of global figures in Jerusalem. (Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images) (Kobi ...
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Court Grants Pastor Right to Sue Oklahoma Over Native American License Plate
An Oklahoma pastor has been given approval by a federal appeals court to sue the state over its license plate depicting the image of an Indian "rain god" made famous by a Native American ...
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Defining ‘White’ And ‘Hispanic’ In Majority-Minority America
its latest population data last week, providing a portrait of the nation through July of 2012. Among the most interesting findings was that, for the first time, deaths among white Americans exceeded births. While this does not mean, of course, that white people are about to disappear, it is nonetheless a harbinger of the vast race-ethnic changes that are leading us inexorably toward a ...
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Welcoming pets in the hospital
A program called Faithful Friends at the University of Maryland Medical Center allows a patient's pet to visit him or her in the hospital provided that the pet undergoes rigorous screening, grooming and vaccinations. The visits can provide a turning point for patients, lowering their heart rate and offering a calming piece of home. NBC's Stephanie Gosk ...
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Business tourism take a hit as Great Lakes evaporate
In December, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron hit record lows, followed by Lake Superior which is the largest freshwater lake in the world. They all remain below their historical averages. NBC's Anne Thompson ...
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NSA considers ending collection of data on Americans phone calls
National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News The National Security Agency is reviewing whether to stop collecting a vast stockpile of records of Americans’ telephone calls - the most controversial component of its surveillance programs- by allowing telecommunications companies to retain the data until U.S. intelligence officials have a specific reason to review it for possible ...
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Search for Hoffa continues in Michigan field
The search for Jimmy Hoffa has taken 38 years, spanning several areas, but now the Feds are focusing on a field in Michigan based on a tip from a former mob boss. NBC's Katy Tur reports from Oakland Township, ...
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Confessed Boston hitman says he and Bulger were up to our necks in murder
By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News Retired Boston hitman John "The Executioner" Martorano testified on Tuesday that he and James "Whitey" Bulger were "up to our necks in murder" by the time he committed what he described as his last killing at Bulger’s behest, more than three decades ago.The former underworld killer also described his one-time boss as ...
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Dateline Doha At last it’s time for America to talk to the men from the Taliban
No more long dinners in Qatari restaurants, or idle afternoons in the capital's many shopping centres. Since they were first secretly delivered by US plane to Doha in 2010, the senior Taliban emissaries whom Washington hoped would eventually agree a peace deal with Kabul have not been rushed off their feet; efforts to kick-start a formal negotiating process to end the war repeatedly ...
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