San Diego County backs Trump challenge to California ‘sanctuary’ law
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – San Diego County leaders voted on Tuesday to join the Trump administration’s court challenge to a California law limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, amid a conservative backlash to the so-called sanctuary mo…
Barbara Bush, wife and mother of U.S. presidents, dies at 92
(Reuters) – Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said. She was 92.
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush dead at 92
(Reuters) – Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said. She was 92.
Former FBI agent pleads guilty to leaking secrets to reporter: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former FBI agent accused of leaking government secrets to a reporter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two criminal counts related to retaining and disclosing defense information, the Justice Department said.
Comey’s tell-all book piques readers’ interest, stoked by Trump’s fury
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Diane Kacprowski showed up at 57th Street Books in Chicago early on Tuesday on a mission to be one of the first to snap up a copy of James Comey’s scalding memoir about his time at the helm of the FBI and his abrupt firing by Presid…
First lawsuit filed by victim of Parkland shootings
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – The parents of a 17-year-old student who was shot five times as he shielded others during the Parkland, Florida high school mass shooting on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit on behalf of a victim in the massacre that ki…
One dead after engine explodes on Southwest flight
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – An engine on a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard apparently exploded on Tuesday, forcing an emergency landing in Philadelphia as one passenger was killed and another one was nearly sucked out a wind…
Missouri governor may have committed felony related to fund-raising: state AG
(Reuters) – Missouri’s attorney general said on Tuesday his office has uncovered evidence of criminal electronic theft by Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, a fellow Republican already charged with invasion of privacy stemming from an unrelated sex scand…
Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims, send message: prosecutor
WICHITA, Kan. (Reuters) – Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in western Kansas, where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque, wanted to kill as many as possible and send a message they were not welcome in the Un…
October trial date set for accused New York subway bomber
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday set an Oct. 29 trial date for Akayed Ullah, the Bangladeshi man accused of attempting an Islamic State-inspired suicide bomb attack on a busy New York City commuter hub in December.
