New Puerto Rico governor signs fiscal emergency law
By Nick Brown(Reuters) - Puerto Rico's governor signed a law on Sunday that allows him to define essential government services and set aside money to pay for them, setting the vision of how to...
View ArticleWashington faith leaders reject immigration orders in Sunday sermons
By Lisa LambertWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sun had just risen when the head of St. John's Church across the street from the White House broke from his standard practice of avoiding politics and spoke...
View ArticleDelta resumes limited U.S. domestic operations after systems outage
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc said it had resumed limited operations after a systems outage grounded its domestic U.S. flights on Sunday evening."Delta flights are departing and a ground...
View ArticleNew York City wastes billions on affordable housing tax breaks:study
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City wasted as much as $2.8 billion over an 11-year period on condominium apartments included in a massive affordable housing tax break program, according to...
View ArticleNew York jury in 1979 Patz murder case hears defense summation
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - A defense lawyer told a New York City jury on Monday that police got the wrong man when they charged his client in the notorious 1979 disappearance of six-year-old...
View ArticleTrump says Delta, protesters caused airport problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday continued to defend his controversial immigration order, saying disruptions at airports over the weekend were due to Delta Air Lines and...
View ArticleTrump order targeting business rules leaves key regulations untouched
By Ayesha Rascoe and Amanda BeckerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically reduce federal regulations, but the policy will not apply to...
View ArticleTrial opens for activist charged in pipeline disruption
By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - A jury was selected in Washington state on Monday in the first trial over a coordinated protest that disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude oil into the United...
View ArticleLos Angeles police solve 1976 murder of singer Bill Medley's ex-wife
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police and prosecutors scheduled a press conference on Monday to announce that they had solved the 1976 murder in Los Angeles of the ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer Bill...
View ArticleLawmakers move to scrap SEC's 'resource extraction' rule
By Sarah N. Lynch and Lisa LambertWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislative plans on Monday to scrap a rule devised under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law requiring...
View ArticleAirlines complain of confusion, costs of U.S. immigration order
By Victoria Bryan and Alexander CornwellBERLIN/DUBAI (Reuters) - Airlines reacted angrily on Monday to an abrupt change in U.S. immigration policy, saying they were struggling to enforce unclear rules,...
View ArticleArizona man convicted of helping college student join Islamic State
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arizona man was convicted on Monday of charges that he provided support to Islamic State by helping a New York City college student travel to Syria, where he died...
View ArticleFormer President George H.W. Bush released from hospital
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 92, was discharged on Monday from a Houston hospital where he was treated for more than two weeks after developing pneumonia, a...
View ArticleState of Washington says to sue to stop Trump immigration order
By Daniel LevineSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The state of Washington will challenge U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from some Muslim-majority states in federal court,...
View ArticlePennsylvania man pleads guilty to using Twitter to help Islamic State
(Reuters) - A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Monday to posting the names of approximately 100 U.S. military members online and exhorting his Twitter followers to kill them in an effort...
View ArticleAs marijuana becomes legal in Maine, governor seeks funding for rules
By Scott Malone(Reuters) - Maine on Monday became the eighth U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana use and the state's Republican governor called on lawmakers to approve funds to develop rules...
View ArticlePrivate university in North Korea seeks Texas A&M academic help
By Jon HerskovitzCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (Reuters) - The leaders of the only private university in North Korea asked Texas A&M University, known for its agricultural economics and public health...
View ArticleSanctuary city funding cuts less of a concern than Medicaid: Fitch
By Robin RespautSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's executive order last week to cut federal funding to self-proclaimed sanctuary cities would likely not result in an impact to cities'...
View ArticleU.S. school shootings linked to unemployment: university study
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - School shootings in the United States rise as the economy slows and unemployment increases, according to a university study published on Monday.Over the past 25...
View ArticleNew York governor calls for amending state constitution for abortion rights
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he would seek to ensure that women have access to late-term abortions in the state even if conservatives on the U.S....
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