Mueller probing alleged Flynn plan to deliver cleric to Turkey: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange …
Opioid abuse crisis takes heavy toll on U.S. veterans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Opioid drug abuse has killed more Americans than the Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam wars combined, and U.S. veterans and advocates this Veteran’s Day are focusing on how to help victims of the crisis.
Republican Senate candidate Moore hit by sexual misconduct allegations
(Reuters) – A woman has accused Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, of initiating a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 years old and he was 32, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, prompting top Republicans to …
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Moore hit by sexual misconduct allegations
(Reuters) – A woman has accused Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, of initiating a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 years old and he was 32, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, prompting top Republicans to …
Ohio workers vote against union at Chinese auto supplier plant
(Reuters) – Workers at a Chinese-owned auto glass plant in southwestern Ohio voted heavily against union representation, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Thursday, in a major blow for the union’s strategy for organizing foreign-owned auto factorie…
Air Force missed at least two chances to stop Texas shooter buying guns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force missed at least two chances to block the shooter in last weekend’s deadly church attack in Texas from buying guns after he was accused of a violent offense in 2012, according to current and former government offi…
Nebraska buys more lethal injection drugs, moves to restart executions
LINCOLN, Neb. (Reuters) – The state of Nebraska said on Thursday it has purchased a new supply of lethal injection drugs and will move to execute one of the men convicted in one of the deadliest bank robberies in U.S. history.
‘That’s art?’ Baby turns heads in Manhattan auction house window
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A sculpture of a baby sleeping in an unusual New York City exhibit has Park Avenue window-shoppers alerting auction house staff that a child has been “forgotten in the display.”
More Americans think wealthy, not middle class, will benefit from tax reform: Reuters/Ipsos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are more likely to believe the wealthy will benefit most from the tax reform currently being pushed in the U.S. Congress by Republicans who insist their goal is to help the middle class, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opi…
NY City closes pre-school after toddler with dairy allergy dies
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City authorities have closed a pre-school after a 3-year-old boy died from what his family said was an allergic reaction after being fed a grilled cheese sandwich even though the staff knew the toddler suffered from a seve…
