U.S. slaps terror charges on accused Times Square bomber
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against the suspect in Monday’s attempted suicide bombing in one of New York City’s busiest commuter hubs, accusing him of supporting a foreign terrorist organization.
Tillerson seeks to ease skepticism about U.S. State Department reorganization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, dogged by media speculation about how long he will last as top U.S. diplomat, tried to ease skepticism among staff about his leadership and planned State Department reorganization on Tuesday.
El Faro captain ignored storm reports before tragedy: U.S. authorities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The freighter El Faro sank in 2015, killing all 33 people aboard in the worst U.S. maritime disaster in three decades, after the captain ignored reports the ship was heading directly into a strengthening hurricane, a U.S. safety …
Times Square bomb suspect charged; Bangladesh questions wife
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against a Bangladeshi man, accusing him of using a weapon of mass destruction in Monday’s bombing of a Manhattan commuter hub.
California and Washington state join carbon pledge in defiance of Trump
PARIS (Reuters) – California and Washington state joined five nations on the Pacific coast of the Americas on Tuesday to agree to step up the use of a price on carbon dioxide emissions as a central economic policy to slow climate change.
Firefighters wrestle to control California wildfire as winds persist
CARPINTERIA, Calif. (Reuters) – One of the biggest wildfires in California’s history grew on Tuesday as relentless wind gusts and bone-dry weather challenged firefighters seeking to gain control of the blaze.
New York charges Times Square bomb suspect; Bangladesh questions wife
DHAKA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in a crowded Manhattan commuter hub, as investigators in his home country questioned his …
Trump denies accusations of sexual misconduct, attacks Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he did not know the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct and alleged their claims were a political attack pushed by Democrats, rejecting renewed calls to look into his b…
Investigators search for clues in attempted New York subway bombing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investigators are searching for reasons a Bangladeshi man set off a bomb strapped to his body in a New York City commuter hub during the morning rush hour in what is being characterized as an attempted terrorist attack.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dies at 65: mayor’s office
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, a champion for the technology sector and former civil rights attorney who sued the city on behalf of tenants and would go on to lead as its first Chinese American mayor, died early on Tuesday, offic…
