Factbox: Two Republicans, 23 Democrats vie for presidential nomination
The largest Democratic field in the modern U.S. political era is competing for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, although another Democrat dropped out of the race on Thursday.
Students ensnared in visa sting at fake N.J. university may sue U.S.: appeals court
A federal appeals court said foreign-born students may sue the U.S. government over claims it wrongfully canceled their visas, following a sting where it set up a fake university to entrap corrupt visa brokers.
Jeffrey Epstein autopsy report shows broken neck: sources
An autopsy of the financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, found his neck had been broken in several places, according to two law enforcement sources.
Democratic former Colorado Governor Hickenlooper drops 2020 White House bid
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper dropped his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday after his centrist campaign failed to catch fire amid two dozen hopefuls seeking to challenge Republican President Donald Trump.
Democrat O’Rourke to visit immigrant communities as he returns to White House campaign
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who has been in his home city of El Paso, Texas, since an Aug. 3 gun massacre there left 22 dead, said on Thursday he will resume his campaign by visiting U.S. immigrant communities he said have been dem…
Trump rule targeting poor immigrants could harm children, health: advocates
A Trump administration plan to cut legal immigration by poor people will likely result in sicker children, more communicable diseases and greater homelessness in the United States, according to immigrant advocates and the federal government’s own analy…
Southwest Airlines expands daily service to Hawaii
U.S. budget-friendly carrier Southwest Airlines Co will add another daily flight to Hawaii from January 2020, the company said on Thursday, as it counts on leisure travel from the West Coast to boost its growth.
Tennessee to execute man convicted of killing teenage girl, her mother in 1986
A man convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl and stabbing her and her mother to death in their home with a coworker more than 30 years ago is set to be executed in Tennessee on Thursday.
‘Recreating Woodstock’: how festival came together, and almost fell apart
Mick Richards was among the 450,000 people at Woodstock in 1969, but he did not think much about his “uneventful” 24 hours there until years later, when his teenage son started asking about the festival.
FCC suggests ‘988’ as new suicide prevention hotline
U.S. Federal Communications Commission staffers recommended the agency designate “988” as a new phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in place of the current 10-digit number, the FCC said on Thursday.
