Houston officials nix brothel featuring sex dolls
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U.S. ‘presidential test alert’ sets American phones to buzzing
The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent an alert aimed at tens of millions of U.S. mobile phones on Wednesday to test a presidential alert system that would warn the public in the event of a national emergency.
Gas line fire in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania injures one: media
A broken natural gas line caught fire early on Wednesday in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania injuring one person, according to a report on news website KDKA 2 CBS Pittsburgh.
U.S. Census Bureau nominee says courts should decide citizenship question
U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Census Bureau, Steven Dillingham, said on Wednesday he believed courts should have the final say on whether the census can ask if respondents are U.S. citizens, acknowledging that the question could aff…
U.S. Senate approves legislation to oversee U.S. air traffic, drones
Airline passengers can no longer be removed from flights under legislation that passed the Senate on Wednesday, while the government will write new rules to allow commercial drones to deliver packages and get new authority to shoot down dangerous ones….
Police called to Turkish cleric’s U.S. compound after shot fired
Police were called to the Pennsylvania compound of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating a failed 2016 coup, on Wednesday after a guard fired a shot at a suspected armed intruder, a Gulen spokesman said.
Police called to Turk cleric’s U.S. compound after shooting report
Police were called to the compound of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating a failed 2016 coup, in rural Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a guard saw a suspected armed intruder, a Gulen spokesman said.
Senate approves legislation to oversee U.S. air traffic, drones
The U.S. Senate gave final approval Wednesday to legislation overseeing the Federal Aviation Administration, granting new authority to the government to destroy dangerous drones and to speed new rules to allow package deliveries by drones.
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows after Senate hearing: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Opposition among Americans to Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, has increased in the wake of his testimony last week before a U.S. Senate committee in which he defiantly denied sexual misconduct allegations, Reuters/Ipsos…
Republican Senator Kennedy wants FBI Kavanaugh findings made public
U.S. Republican Senator John Kennedy said on Wednesday the Senate majority leader should either make the FBI’s report on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh public or release an independent synopsis of its findings.
