Unemployed man, 21, charged in Wisconsin girl’s kidnapping
Police in Wisconsin on Friday charged a 21-year-old unemployed man with kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and murdering her parents, the morning after she escaped three months of captivity and was found by a woman walking her dog.
Up to 84,000 Americans hospitalized with flu in past three months: CDC
An estimated 69,000 to 84,000 Americans were hospitalized due to the flu in the last three months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday.
Miami airport to close terminal early as TSA screener absences rise
Miami International Airport will close an airport terminal early over the next few days, officials said on Friday, with more unpaid security officers absent from work as the partial government shutdown has dragged on.
Trump promises changes to visas for skilled workers
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he is planning changes to the H-1B program that grants temporarily visas to highly educated immigrants who work in specialty occupations such as technology or medicine.
U.S. shutdown sends grain traders, farmers hunting for data
When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that a slew of key farm reports would not be released on Friday due to the partial government shutdown, the phones at crop forecaster Gro Intelligence blew up.
As U.S. shutdown ties record, Trump weighs emergency declaration
President Donald Trump, facing the prospect of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history, is considering declaring a national emergency that would likely escalate a policy dispute with Democrats over his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall into a co…
Wisconsin girl found, ‘doing well,’ three months after parents’ murder
A 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, missing since her parents were discovered fatally shot three months ago, was to be reunited with her family on Friday, the day after she was found malnourished and dirty after apparently fleeing her captor.
Trump promises changes to H1-B visas, including potential citizenship
President Donald Trump said on Friday he is planning changes including a possible pathway to U.S. citizenship to foreigners holding H-1B visas, issued temporarily to highly educated immigrants who work in specialty occupations such as technology or med…
Factbox: Impact on U.S. government widens on 21st day of shutdown
A shutdown of about a quarter of the U.S. government reached its 21st day on Friday, tying it with the longest shutdown to date, and many of the 800,000 employees who have been furloughed or who are working without pay missed their first paychecks.
Law enforcement agencies squeezed by U.S. government shutdown
Federal law enforcement agencies that keep Americans safe are starting to feel the strain of the U.S. government shutdown, in its 21st day, with agents working for no pay and investigations delayed, law enforcement officials said.
