Driving winds fan Colorado wildfire, 2,000 homes evacuated
(Reuters) – Gusting winds and continued dry weather in southwestern Colorado helped to fan a largely uncontrolled wildfire that grew by nearly one-third to more than 22,000 acres on Monday, forcing the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes.
U.S.-bound United flight diverted after threat found onboard
NEW YORK/DUBLIN (Reuters) – A United Airlines flight from Rome to Chicago was diverted to Shannon Airport in Ireland on Monday after “a message” was discovered on board, Irish police said.
Ex-NY state senate leader, son fail to end corruption case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge let stand a corruption indictment against former New York State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam, and refused to move next week’s retrial out of state despite their claim it would be too hard to f…
Sessions expected to issue decision on U.S. asylum for domestic violence victims
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday he will issue a decision on asylum policies that will “restore the sound principles of asylum and longstanding principles of immigration law.”
NYC housing agency agrees to lead cleanup under federal supervision
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The agency overseeing public housing in New York City has reached a deal to settle claims by federal authorities that it failed for years to remedy toxic lead paint and other hazards, according to a filing in Manhattan federal cour…
U.S. embassy warns citizens to consider leaving district in north Mozambique
MAPUTO (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Mozambique said Americans should consider leaving a northeastern district close to a major gas field as imminent attacks are likely after suspected Islamist militants beheaded 10 people and killed seven others sin…
Two ex-Penn West executives must face U.S. SEC fraud charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered two former finance executives at Penn West Petroleum Ltd, now known as Obsidian Energy Ltd , to face regulatory charges that they helped engineer a multi-year accounting fraud to reduce the Canadian company…
Moody’s cites ‘positive’ moves in new Illinois budget
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The fiscal 2019 Illinois budget enacted last week includes a voluntary pension buyout plan and a boost in school funding, which are credit-positive moves for the relatively low-rated state and its school districts, Moody’s Investors…
‘Bad combination’ of winds, dry weather fan Colorado fire -official
(Reuters) – Gusting winds and continued dry weather were driving the flames of a largely uncontrolled wildfire into an 11th day on Monday in southwest Colorado, where more than 2,000 homes have already been evacuated.
Supreme Court upholds Ohio voter registration purge policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived Ohio’s contentious policy of purging infrequent voters from registration rolls in a ruling powered by the five conservative justices and denounced by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor as an …
