Rubio urges Congress to adjust disaster aid bill for Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Marco Rubio urged the U.S. Congress on Thursday to make changes to a disaster relief bill so that cash-strapped Puerto Rico can quickly access funds it needs to respond to the basic needs of its 3.4 million res…
Obama hits campaign trail for first time since leaving White House
(Reuters) – Former President Barack Obama returns to the campaign trail on Thursday for the first time since he left the White House, venturing out to support Democrats in two governor’s races that could offer a clue about the national mood before next…
Florida police brace for protests with speech by white nationalist
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) – Hundreds of police will be deployed at the University of Florida on Thursday as thousands are poised to protest a speech by an avowed white nationalist, an event that prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency i…
California prepares for the ‘big one’ with earthquake drill
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Millions of Californians were due on Thursday to simultaneously drop to the floor, clamber under tables and cover their heads for a minute or two of imagined seismic turmoil during the latest annual “Great ShakeOut” earthquake d…
Trailers could house those displaced by fires in California wine country
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Residents of Northern California’s wine country left homeless by the state’s deadliest-ever wildfires could be temporarily housed in federal government trailers, officials said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the blazes ros…
Suspect in Maryland shooting that killed three arrested in Delaware
(Reuters) – An employee of a Maryland kitchen countertop company suspected of fatally shooting three co-workers and critically wounding two others on Wednesday was arrested in neighboring Delaware, a Maryland county sheriff said.
Settlement proposed in North Carolina transgender bathroom lawsuit
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Transgender people would be allowed to use public restrooms in North Carolina that match their gender identity under a settlement agreement filed on Wednesday that aims to resolve the federal lawsuit over the state’s wid…
Suspect in Maryland shooting that killed 3 arrested in Delaware
(Reuters) – An employee of a Maryland kitchen countertop company suspected of fatally shooting three co-workers and critically wounding two others on Wednesday was arrested in neighboring Delaware, a Maryland county sheriff said.
White House says Trump’s check to military family has been sent
That was the message from the White House on Wednesday after the father of a slain U.S. Army sergeant said a generous offer from President Donald Trump had not materialized.
Death toll rises to 42 in California wildfires
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The death toll from more than a dozen major wildfires still burning across Northern California’s celebrated wine country rose to 42 on Wednesday, after search and rescue teams picking through burned out neighborhoods found anoth…
