California siblings being treated after ‘horrific’ ordeal
PERRIS, Calif. (Reuters) – The 13 California siblings kept in “horrific” conditions by their parents, including some who were shackled to furniture, others who were starved, were being treated after an ordeal that could leave them scarred for years, au…
Trump administration to appeal ‘Dreamer’ immigrant ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said it will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a judge’s ruling last week that blocked President Donald Trump’s move to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brough…
Wage dispute at NY City’s main produce market could lead to strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The market that supplies New York City with most of its fresh fruits and vegetables faces the prospect of its first work stoppage since 1986 if last-ditch bargaining on Tuesday fails to bridge pay differences in a contract covering…
U.S. Homeland Security chief: did not hear Trump use vulgarity during meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, under intense questioning from Democratic senators, said on Tuesday she did not hear President Donald Trump use a vulgarity to describe African countries during an impassioned Wh…
Homeland Security chief: did not hear Trump use vulgarity during meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, under intense questioning from Democratic senators, said on Tuesday she did not hear President Donald Trump use a vulgarity to describe African countries during an impassioned Wh…
U.S. government shutdown looms amid harsh immigration exchange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Partisan finger-pointing over immigration policy on Tuesday left the U.S. Congress and the White House stumbling closer to a possible federal government shutdown by the end of the week, although Wall Street held out hopes for a d…
California hostages were biological children of captors: police
PERRIS, Calif. (Reuters) – The 13 people rescued from captivity in a Southern California home on Sunday were the biological children of their captors, police Captain Gregory Fellows told reporters on Tuesday.
Former Fiat Chrysler exec expected to plead guilty in payments probe: sources
DETROIT (Reuters) – Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV vice president Alphons Iacobelli is expected to plead guilty in connection with a U.S. Justice Department investigation into allegations he made at least $1.2 million in improper payments to a for…
Former Fiat Chrysler exec expected to plead guilty in payments probe: source
DETROIT (Reuters) – Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV vice president Alphons Iacobelli is expected to plead guilty in connection with a U.S. federal investigation into allegations he made at least $1.2 million in improper payments to a former union v…
U.S. healthcare uninsured rises most in near decade: Gallup
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans without healthcare insurance rose by 3.2 million people between 2016 and 2017, or 1.3 percentage points to 12.2 percent, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday, the biggest jump in the uninsured ra…
