Suspicious package found addressed to Senator Booker: reports
An eleventh suspicious package has been found in Florida, this one addressed to Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker, CNN and MSNBC reported on Friday.
As states chase sports betting gold, addicts left in the cold
On the day Jeff Wasserman’s decades-long gambling addiction came to a head, the Delaware lawyer found himself parked outside a convenience store with three agonizing options: end his life, flee the country or come clean and get help.
Special Report: How Republicans are using immigration to scare voters to the polls
The commercial opens with an appeal to fear: a hoodie-wearing man prowling an alley, knife in hand. His face remains hidden but the ad makes it clear: He’s an illegal immigrant.
U.S. Democratic campaigns target healthcare as Republican weak spot: Reuters poll
Democratic candidates for the U.S. Congress are closing out the campaign season with an ominous warning: telling voters millions of Americans could lose their health insurance or be forced to pay significantly more if Republicans win.
FBI focuses on Florida in hunt for sender of package bombs
Federal authorities investigating the pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump are focusing on Florida, where they believe at least some of 10 packages originated.
U.S. Pacific islands brace for long recovery after ‘catastrophic’ typhoon
Authorities in the Northern Mariana Islands called for urgent supplies and equipment on Friday and were preparing for weeks without power after being hit by their most powerful typhoon in half a century, killing one woman and causing widespread destruc…
U.S. Coast Guard searches through night for downed plane
The U.S. Coast Guard searched through the night for a civilian aircraft that went down in the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina on Thursday en route to the Bahamas, the agency said.
Trump may send U.S. troops to Mexico border, but migrants undeterred
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration may send up to 1,000 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said on Thursday, as Trump hammered away at the issue of illegal immigration two weeks ahead of congressional elections.
Trump weighing plan to ban entry of migrants at southern border: Washington Post
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a plan to ban entry of migrants at the United States’ southern border with Mexico and deny them asylum, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Search is on for small aircraft that went down off South Carolina
The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching for a small civilian aircraft that went down in the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina on Thursday en route to the Bahamas.
