U.S. courts abruptly tossed 9,000 deportation cases. Here’s why
Liliana Barrios was working in a California bakery in July and facing possible deportation when she got a call from her immigration attorney with some good news.
Factbox: More than 163,000 U.S. customers without power after Hurricane Michael
More than 163,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast were still without power early Wednesday, local power companies said, after Hurricane Michael swept up the East Coast from Florida to Virginia last week.
More than a thousand remain missing a week after Hurricane Michael
More than a thousand people were still missing on Wednesday a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities across the Florida Panhandle, killing at least 27.
Numbers drawn for record $667-million U.S. Mega Millions jackpot
Six little numbered balls were drawn in the U.S. Mega Millions on Tuesday night with a record jackpot of $667 million at stake.
O’Rourke comes out swinging at ‘Lyin Ted’ Cruz in Texas debate
Texas Democratic U.S. Senate contender Beto O’Rourke, slipping in the polls despite a record fundraising haul, went on the attack in a raucous debate with Republican rival Ted Cruz on Tuesday and resurrected the senator’s nickname of “Lyin Ted.”
Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 27, hundreds missing
Rescue teams searched ravaged areas of Florida’s Panhandle on Tuesday for hundreds of people reported missing nearly a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities in the region and killed at least 27.
Person claimed ricin was in letter sent to Senator Collins home
A suspicious letter sent to the Maine home of Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins had a note saying it contained the deadly poison ricin, the senator’s office said on Tuesday, adding any affected areas had been cleared.
Heated U.S. congressional races on pace to break fundraising records
This year’s U.S. congressional campaign season is on pace to break fundraising records, driven in part by unprecedented hauls by at least five candidates from both major parties, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance disclosures.
Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 29, hundreds missing
The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to at least 29 on Tuesday as crews scoured debris for hundreds of people reported missing in the Florida Panhandle, nearly a week after the storm flattened whole communities.
‘Treason’ remark stirs hotly contested Senate race in Arizona
Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally accused her opponent in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Arizona, Democratic U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema, of “being OK with treason” as the two faced off in their only debate.
