Trump fails to halt ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court on Thursday denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to halt a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his reality TV show “The Apprentice” who accused him of making unwanted sexual advances.
U.S. power grid ready for summer, but California & Texas are concerns: FERC
(Reuters) – Most U.S. regions are prepared to meet power and natural gas demand this summer, but shortages are possible in Southern California due to low hydropower and gas supplies and Texas following the retirement of several coal plants, federal ene…
NY appeals court rejects Trump bid to halt defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to halt a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his reality TV show “The Apprentice” who accused him of making unwanted sexual advances on…
Ash fallout’ alert after Hawaii volcano erupts in 30,000-foot plume
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – An explosive eruption spewed ash 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) into the air above Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Thursday and residents of the Big Island were warned to take shelter as the plume engulfed a wide area, authorities sai…
Florida officials probe cause of fatal vape device explosion
(Reuters) – Fire investigators are examining whether the battery in an electronic cigarette triggered a small explosion that killed a man in Florida this month, sending fragments of the vape device into his skull, in what may be the first such fatality…
Wild foods foraging tours help gatherers see beyond ‘green wall’
A dozen wild food foragers listened intently to botanist Hayden Stebbins in an upstate New York field, entrusting him to steer them clear of the poisonings and arrests that have plagued others across the United States.
Turkey condemns Halkbank sentencing as political attack
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey condemned the sentencing of an executive from one of its state-owned banks as a political attack by the United States on Thursday, after a New York court handed down a 32 month prison sentence in an Iran-sanctions busting ca…
Turkey says U.S. trial of bank executive was political: spokesman
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The U.S. court that sentenced a Turkish banker to 32 months in prison over his part in a scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions violated the law and the trial was political, Turkish government spokesman Bekir Bozdag said on Thurs…
‘Ballistic blocks’ shoot from Hawaii volcano, may mark start of violent eruptions
VOLCANO, Hawaii (Reuters) – “Ballistic blocks” the size of microwave ovens shot from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Wednesday in what may be the start of explosive eruptions that could spew huge ash plumes and hurl smaller rocks for miles (km), the U.S. G…
Texas murder-suicide leaves five dead, including three children
(Reuters) – A man fatally shot three children and his ex-wife’s boyfriend inside a Ponder, Texas, home on Wednesday, before shooting and killing himself, the sheriff’s department said.
