Pizza Hut pledges to drop some chicken antibiotics by 2022
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yum Brand Inc’s Pizza Hut chain will fully phase out chickens raised with certain antibiotics in its U.S. restaurants by 2022, in the latest push by a major restaurant chain to follow healthier food practices.
Trump, U.S. Republicans to meet amid furor over immigrant children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, facing intense criticism for the detention of children separated from their immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, planned to meet with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday before votes on immigration leg…
Nick Hague dreamed of the stars as a boy, now he’s heading to space
HOUSTON (Reuters) – As a boy growing up in Kansas, Nick Hague looked up at the stars and wanted to explore the unknown. In October, his dream will come true when he blasts off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station.
White House defends immigration policy as outrage grows over children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration defended its hardline immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday as furor grew over the separation of immigrant parents and children, including video of youngsters sitting in concrete-floored …
Woman rescued after trapped in collapse building in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman was rescued after she was trapped in rubble when a vacant seven-story building partially collapsed onto smaller buildings in Poughkeepsie, New York, during a brief thunderstorm on Monday, the city’s mayor said.
Kansas judge strikes down voter ID law
(Reuters) – A federal judge struck down a Kansas law requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in a decision on Monday that could make voter registration easier in the state in the run-up to November mid-term elections.
Turkey indicts father of NBA’s Kanter as terror group member: report
(Reuters) – Mehmet Kanter, the father of New York Knicks center Enes Kanter, has been indicted by a Turkish court on charges he was “a member of a terrorist organization,” Turkish state media reported on Monday.
Maryland woman pleads guilty to using IDs from massive U.S. government hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland woman pleaded guilty on Monday to participating in a scheme to use identification data stolen in a massive 2015 data hack of a U.S. government agency to get fraudulent personal and vehicle loans through a Virginia-base…
As outrage grows over children, White House defends immigration policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Monday defended its hardline immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border as furor grew over the separation of immigrant parents and children, including video of youngsters sitting in concrete-floored …
U.S. rappers XXXTentacion and Jimmy Wopo die in separate shootings
(Reuters) – Two up-and-coming U.S. rappers, XXXTentacion and Jimmy Wopo, were killed on Monday in separate shootings near Miami and in Pittsburgh, police and local media reported.
