Trump urges Republican lawmakers to drop immigration effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers on Friday to drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections, which he hopes will boost the party’s majority in Congress.
Hundreds block Pittsburgh interstate in police shooting protest
(Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters, calling for justice after police killed an unarmed black teenager earlier this week, blocked a major roadway in the Pittsburgh area before they dispersed peacefully early on Friday, local media reported.
Thirty-three children fall ill at Florida summer camp
(Reuters) – Thirty-three children and three adults were taken to hospital after falling ill at a summer camp in central Florida, the local fire department said on Friday.
Uber driver was streaming Hulu show just before self-driving car crash: police report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber was distracted and streaming a television show on her phone right up until about the time of a fatal accident in March, …
Reality Winner to change her plea on leaking Russian interference report
(Reuters) – A Georgia woman accused of illegally leaking a classified report on Russian interference in U.S. elections to a media outlet and charged with an espionage offense plans to change her plea, a document filed in federal court on Thursday showe…
U.S. accuses Chinese man of smuggling anti-submarine warfare devices
BOSTON (Reuters) – The head of a company that distributes marine-related products was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges that he conspired with an entity affiliated with China’s armed forces to export devices to that country that could be used in ant…
Father says little Honduran girl on Time cover was not taken from mother
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Honduran toddler pictured sobbing in a pink jacket before U.S. President Donald Trump on an upcoming cover of Time magazine was not separated from her mother at the U.S. border, according to a man who says he is the girl’s f…
U.S. military may house immigrant children as Trump policy beset by confusion
WASHINGTON/MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – The U.S. military has been asked to get ready to house up to 20,000 immigrant children, officials said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s efforts to roll back a widely condemned policy of separating children …
Exclusive: Tesla to close a dozen solar facilities in nine states – documents
LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Electric car maker Tesla Inc’s move last week to cut 9 percent of its workforce will sharply downsize the residential solar business it bought two years ago in a controversial $2.6 billion deal, according to three …
U.S. State Department imposes visa ban on several DRCongo officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had imposed visa bans on several senior officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo for corruption tied to the country’s electoral process to send a “strong signal” about the need for a pe…
