IRS hit with computer glitch as midnight tax deadline looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s computers suffered a technical problem that prevented some taxpayers from filing or paying their 2017 returns on Tuesday ahead of a midnight deadline.
One dead after engine failure forces Southwest emergency landing in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Co with 148 people aboard made an emergency landing on Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport after suffering engine failure, and one person died, according to the airline and U.S. offic…
Fox News pledges full support of TV host Hannity
(Reuters) – Fox News said on Tuesday it was putting its “full support” behind television host Sean Hannity after it was revealed that he had an “informal relationship” with U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen.
San Diego County may join Trump challenge to California ‘sanctuary’ law
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – San Diego County leaders on Tuesday began debating whether 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-ca…
Engine failure causes Southwest emergency landing in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Co with 143 passengers and five crew members on board made an emergency landing on Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport after suffering engine failure, according to the airline and U….
Fox News says did not know of TV host Hannity’s ties to Trump lawyer
(Reuters) – Fox News said on Tuesday it did not know about television host Sean Hannity’s “informal relationship” with Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen.
Two die as wind-fanned wildfires threaten to spread in parched Oklahoma
TALOGA, Okla. (Reuters) – Wildfires which have killed two people in western Oklahoma could spread and more could ignite as wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour whip an area where scant rain has fallen in five months, fire and forestry officials said o…
Starbucks to close 8,000 U.S. stores for one afternoon for racial-bias training
(Reuters) – Starbucks Corp will close 8,000 company-owned U.S. cafes for the afternoon on May 29 so 175,000 employees can undergo racial tolerance training in response to protests and calls for boycotts after the arrest of two black men waiting in a P…
U.S. Supreme Court restricts deportations of immigrant felons
WASHINGTON – A provision in U.S. law requiring the deportation of immigrants convicted of crimes of violence is unconstitutionally vague, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a decision that could hinder the Trump administration’s ability to step up t…
Cosby ‘liked petting, touching,’ police who interviewed him testify
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby told detectives who interviewed him shortly after he was accused of sexually assaulting a former friend at his Philadelphia-area home in 2004 that he touched but did not have intercourse with his accuser, prosecut…
