First lady Melania Trump visits detained immigrant children
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – Melania Trump on Thursday went on a damage-control mission near the Texas border with Mexico, visiting children displaced by the country’s immigration crisis and showing a softer side than the hardline policies of her husband, U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump says remains of U.S. war dead in process of being returned from North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, correcting a statement he had made a day earlier, said on Thursday that remains of U.S. troops missing from the Korean War were in the process of being returned to the United States from North Korea.
U.S. watchdog auditing FAA checks of Southwest Air after engine failure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general is auditing the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Southwest Airlines Co after a midair incident in which an engine exploded and one person was killed.
U.S. labor market tightening; mid-Atlantic manufacturing cools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a further tightening of labor market conditions.
Appeals court calls DC sniper’s life sentences illegal
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said the life sentences imposed against one of two men involved in the deadly sniper shootings that traumatized the Washington, D.C. area in 2002 must be thrown out because he was only 17 at the time.
Supreme Court deems SEC in-house judge hiring unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday expanded presidential control over pivotal jobs in federal agencies, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected its in-house judges to enforce investor-protection laws w…
House Republicans short of votes to pass immigration bill: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have not yet rounded up the votes needed to pass immigration legislation they plan to take up later on Thursday, a member of the House Republican leadership said.
Koko, gorilla who used sign language, dies in California
(Reuters) – Koko, a western lowland gorilla said to have mastered American Sign Language, has died aged 46, the California institute which studied her said on Thursday.
Suspect arrested in Florida shooting death of rapper XXXTentacion
(Reuters) – A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of up-and-coming U.S. rapper XXXTentacion, who was gunned down in Florida on Monday, police said on Thursday.
U.S. jobless claims fall; mid-Atlantic manufacturing slows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a further tightening in labor market conditions.
