Cars, bodies remain trapped out of reach after Florida bridge collapse
MIAMI (Reuters) – Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University in Miami, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said.
U.S. helicopter crash in Iraq kills all aboard: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – All personnel aboard a U.S. military helicopter carrying American service members were killed in a crash in western Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday.
Hope for survivors fades in rubble of Florida bridge collapse
MIAMI (Reuters) – Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said.
Fight over U.S. spending bill rekindles immigration debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As another U.S. government funding deadline looms, a huge spending bill is ground zero in the latest battle between Republicans and Democrats in Congress over President Donald Trump’s push to toughen immigration policy.
In Chicago, a Democratic incumbent is targeted by the left
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski is campaigning for re-election in Illinois with a bullseye on his back, targeted not by Republicans but a coalition of progressive activists in his own Democratic Party on a mission to steer it further …
Alabama executes murderer; Georgia puts ‘stocking strangler’ to death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Alabama on Thursday executed a 50-year-old man convicted for the kidnapping and murder of a woman in 2000, and Georgia put to death a man dubbed the “stocking strangler.”
Florida foot bridge collapse leaves four people dead
MIAMI (Reuters) – A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave Downey said.
Donald Trump Jr.’s wife files for divorce in New York
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, has filed for divorce in New York, according to court records.
Florida foot bridge collapse leaves 4 people dead
MIAMI (Reuters) – A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave Downey said.
Georgia Supreme Court upholds $40 million fatal Jeep fire award
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Georgia State Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld a $40 million award to the family of a four-year-old boy killed in 2012 when the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee in which he was riding was rear-ended and burst into flames….
