Yemen Houthis free detained U.S. citizen, sends him to Oman: local sources
DUBAI (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen held by Yemen’s Houthi group since September last year has been released and taken to Oman aboard a flight that also carried a senior leader of the Iran-aligned group, sources in Sanaa said on Thursday.
U.S. consumer bureau delays prepaid card rules into 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday it would delay the effective date of new restrictions on prepaid cards until April 2019, citing industry needs for more time to comply.
No President Oprah: celeb tells magazine not interested
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Media mogul Oprah Winfrey ended her brief flirtation with a run for the U.S. presidency in 2020, telling InStyle magazine in an interview published Thursday that she was not interested.
Oprah says ‘not interested’ in 2020 U.S. presidential run: InStyle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has no interest in running for U.S. president in 2020, she said in an interview with InStyle magazine published on Thursday after weeks of speculation and calls to run fueled by a speech she made at the …
USA Gymnastics facing resignation pressure over abuse scandal
(Reuters) – The 18 listed directors of USA Gymnastics were facing calls to resign after disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts who were entrusted to his care.
Advocacy group calls on McDonald’s to remove antibiotics from beef, pork
(Reuters) – A consumer and public health group is pressing McDonald’s Corp to set a timeline for phasing out the routine use of medically important antibiotics in the beef and pork it serves, amid warnings that the practice fuels dangerous drug-resista…
Super Bowl stokes hopes, concerns of Minneapolis’ Somali community
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The largest Somali community in the United States is centered just blocks from the site of this year’s Super Bowl, but that is too close for comfort for some of the mostly Muslim residents of the “Little Mogadishu” neighborhood …
Syrians with temporary U.S. protection brace for Trump decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Targeted by the Syrian government after providing humanitarian supplies to civilians fleeing air strikes, Mohammad Alala and his wife escaped in 2012, eventually obtaining student visas to enter the United States.
Killer of Alabama policeman seeks execution reprieve due to memory loss
(Reuters) – Attorneys for an Alabama man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution on Thursday because they said several strokes had left him unable to remember committing the crime.
Manhunt on for two people over Colorado deputy killing
(Reuters) – A manhunt was underway on early Thursday near Denver, Colorado after an Adams County deputy was shot and killed, officials said.
