Upcoming state elections cast shadow over Illinois budget prospects
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ upcoming elections are casting a shadow over the state’s ability to pass a new budget, tackle its financial liabilities and keep its credit ratings from sinking into junk, analysts said.
Suspicious package scare hospitalizes Trump Jr.’s wife: police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vanessa Trump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr., and two other people were taken to a New York hospital on Monday after she opened a piece of mail containing an unidentified white powder that was later determined to be non-hazardous, o…
Trump budget cuts domestic programs, favors military and wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump proposed a budget on Monday that calls for cuts in domestic programs and seeks a sharp increase in military spending and funding for a wall on the Mexican border.
Obama jokes about ears, gray hair as official portrait unveiled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama’s “hotness” at the unveiling of the couple’s official portraits at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Monday.
Twenty years after kidnapping newborn, Florida woman pleads guilty
(Reuters) – A Florida woman on Monday pleaded guilty to abducting a newborn from a Jacksonville hospital in 1998, and will be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison, according to court proceedings.
White House releases 2019 budget proposal, seeks funds for wall, military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump released his second budget on Monday, seeking to bolster military spending and requesting funds for infrastructure, construction of a wall along the border with Mexico and opioid treatment programs.
Southwest resumes Chicago operations after de-icing breakdown
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co said its operations mostly returned to normal at Chicago Midway Airport on Monday after the breakdown of one of its plane de-icing machines forced the cancellation of some 250 flights on Sunday.
West Virginia policeman fired after refusing to shoot suspect settles suit
(Reuters) – A former police officer who said he was fired after not shooting a man wielding an unloaded gun during a domestic dispute agreed to drop his lawsuit against the West Virginia city he worked in after reaching a settlement, his lawyers said o…
U.S. singer Vic Damone dies at age 89, family says
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. singer Vic Damone, a crooner who found fame in the 1940s and 1950s, has died at the age of 89, his family said on Monday.
Northern Puerto Rico hit by blackout due to fire at power substation: CNN
(Reuters) – Parts of northern Puerto Rico on Sunday were left in the dark after a mechanical failure caused a fire at a power substation, CNN reported, citing authorities.
