Pizza Hut delivery in Phoenix: ‘Would you like beer with that?’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pizza Hut on Tuesday began offering beer delivery in a downtown Phoenix restaurant as part of a larger test aimed at setting the chain apart from stronger rivals such as Domino’s Pizza Inc.
U.S. deportations down in 2017 but immigration arrests up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government deported fewer illegal immigrants in 2017 than it did last year, even as it arrested far more people suspected of being in the United States illegally, according to Department of Homeland Security statistics …
Honduras deports to Kentucky lawyer sought in $550 mln fraud
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) – Honduras on Tuesday deported to the United States a Kentucky attorney who had pleaded guilty to charges over his role in a more than $550 million disability fraud scheme, months after he fled U.S. law enforcement, an o…
Pivotal Justice Kennedy poses tough questions in gay wedding case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared sharply divided in the closely watched case of a Christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, with pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy voicing concerns about end…
Wildfires near Los Angeles force thousands to evacuate; one dead
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (Reuters) – Two wind-fueled wildfires north and west of Los Angeles have caused at least one death, forced the evacuations of thousands of people and triggered widespread power outages, officials said on Tuesday.
Treasury sanctions cleric Faisal for Islamic State recruiting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday said it had sanctioned Abdullah Ibrahim al-Faisal for recruiting for Islamic State, alleging the Jamaican cleric had influenced people around the world in attacking civilians and creating bomb plots a…
Top court weighs baker’s refusal to make cake for gay couple
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments in a major case on whether certain businesses can refuse service to gay couples if they oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds in a dispute involving a conservative…
Thousands flee wildfire in Ventura County, north of Los Angeles
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (Reuters) – A rapidly spreading wildfire in the foothills north of Los Angeles threatened thousands of homes on Tuesday, forcing residents to evacuate after causing at least one death and power outages throughout the area, offic…
Wooden dams and river jams: U.S. strains to ship record grains
ABOARD THE OLIVER C. SHEARER, Ohio River (Reuters) – America’s worst traffic jam this fall occurred on the Ohio River, where a line of about 50 miles of boats hauling grains and other products turned into a waterborne parking lot, as ship captains wait…
Ohio River towboat captain navigates a changing America
(Reuters) – In the 29 years that towboat captain Joe Gray has worked flotillas of barges up and down the Ohio River, he has witnessed the decline at the heart of industrial America in what is known as the country’s Rust Belt.
