[ad_1] BOSTON (AP) — GE is selling its lighting unit to smart home company Savant Systems for an undisclosed amount. General Electric Co. Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr. said in a statement Wednesday that the transaction is part of GE’s ongoing process to be a more focused industrial company. The deal includes a
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[ad_1] GENEVA (AP) — Human Rights Watch is calling on the U.N.’s top human rights body to launch an independent investigation into the Philippine government’s drug war that has left thousands dead, pointing in particular to its harmful effects on children. The advocacy group made the call alongside Wednesday’s launch of a report timed for
[ad_1] By STEFANIE DAZIO and ROBERT JABLON LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rabbi Shalom Rubanowitz looks forward to reopening his synagogue doors — if his congregation can balance the laws of God and California during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the state released a framework that will permit counties to allow in-person worship services. They include
[ad_1] BOSTON (AP) — Scallop fishing off New England will be subject to limitations for about the next 10 months, federal regulators have said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it has closed the northern Gulf of Maine fishing area, which means vessels fishing under federal regulations can’t fish for or possess scallops in
[ad_1] By AMY FORLITI and JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and
[ad_1] WORLAND, Wyo. (AP) — A second resident of a Wyoming nursing home has died of the coronavirus. The older man had been hospitalized and was a resident of a Washakie County long-term care facility where testing identified 12 cases among residents and nine among staff, the Wyoming Department of Health said Tuesday. The death
[ad_1] By MATT OTT, TED SHAFFREY and LISA MARIE PANE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange reopened Tuesday in a largely symbolic step toward economic recovery, and stocks surged, even as the official U.S. death toll from the coronavirus closed in on 100,000, a mark President
[ad_1] JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — State officials are investigating a boat explosion in central Iowa that injured three people over the Memorial Day weekend. The explosion happened late Monday afternoon on Saylorville Lake, north of Des Moines, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday in a news release. Investigators said gas fumes had accumulated
[ad_1] SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A New York City man and a New Jersey woman were killed in a head-on crash on a major highway in central Jersey, authorities said. Michael Santana, 24, of Staten Island, was driving his car northbound on Route 130 in South Brunswick when he lost control of the vehicle
[ad_1] WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A second victim in a deadly shooting in Wichita last week has died of his injuries, police said. Jahbreel Rounds, 19, of Wichita, died in a hospital Monday from injuries he received in a shooting Thursday that also killed 21-year-old Earnest Jefferson, police said in a news release Tuesday. Both
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned that China’s proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong could undermine its autonomy under the “one country, two systems” framework, and urged Beijing to de-escalate the situation. In a statement, the largest U.S. business group said it would be