Soaring costs, loss of benefits top Americans’ healthcare worries: Reuters/Ipsos poll
(Reuters) – For over a year now, Americans have listed healthcare as the most important problem facing the country, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling.
Food aid curbs sought by Republicans would hit rural poor
WEBSTER COUNTY, W.Va. (Reuters) – Bruce Green’s family of six scratches out a living in this remote, politically conservative corner of the Appalachian Mountains thanks in part to about $600 a month in U.S. food aid.
Crews battling U.S. wildfires face hot, dry conditions before wet weather
DENVER (Reuters) – Firefighters battling several unrelenting wildfires in the U.S. southwest will face windy and dry conditions on Friday before possibly getting a reprieve over the weekend when widespread showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast….
Trump’s former lawyer seeks restraining order against Avenatti
(Reuters) – Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, asked a federal court in California on Thursday to issue a restraining order against the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, a court document showed.
Two fall to ground when roller-coaster car derails in Florida, fire department says
(Reuters) – Two roller-coaster riders fell 34 feet (10 m) to the ground when their car derailed on the Daytona Beach, Florida, boardwalk on Thursday, the fire department said.
Trump’s former lawyer requests restraining order against Avenatti
(Reuters) – Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, asked a federal court in California on Thursday to issue a restraining order against the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, a court document showed.
Trump approves disaster aid for Hawaii’s volcano-stricken Big Island
HONOLULU (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday approved federal emergency housing aid and other relief for victims of the six-week-old Kilauea Volcano eruption on Hawaii’s Big Island, where hundreds of homes have been destroyed, state off…
Four children slain at start of Florida standoff: police
(Reuters) – A convicted felon who engaged police in a nearly daylong standoff at his Florida apartment before taking his own life fatally shot four children in their sleep at the start of the confrontation, the Orlando Police Department said on Thursda…
Kellogg issues massive Honey Smacks cereal recall over Salmonella risk
(Reuters) – Kellogg Co said on Thursday it is recalling an estimated 1.3 million cases of its Honey Smacks cereal from more than 30 U.S. states due to the potential for Salmonella contamination, in the latest case of U.S. food products possibly tainte…
Rare Audubon ‘Birds of America’ sells for $9.6 million in New York
(Reuters) – A first edition of John James Audubon’s “The Birds of America,” one of the most celebrated books of natural history, sold for $9.65 million at auction in New York on Thursday, Christie’s said.
