Environmental regulator proposes scrapping pollution reduction plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a formal proposal on Tuesday to scrap a plan the agency devised under former President Barack Obama to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to an…
Trump says dispute with Corker will not affect tax reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he did not think his Twitter dispute with Republican Senator Bob Corker would affect his administration’s effort to pass tax reform.
Fire crews fighting deadly California blazes welcome cool fog
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters battling 15 wildfires that have killed at least 11 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in California’s wine country welcomed a drop in winds and an expected layer of cool, moist fog rolling in on Tuesd…
Trump plays tax card in fight over NFL anthem protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the National Football League should not be given tax breaks, stepping up his criticism of the world’s top-grossing sports league over silent player protests at games against racial inju…
Puerto Rico hurricane death toll rises by four to 43
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – The death toll in Puerto Rico attributed to Hurricane Maria has reached 43, an official said on Tuesday, up from 39 previously reported as islanders continue to fall victim to infections, bad road conditions and other consequences …
Wilmington Trust reaches deal on U.S. criminal charges
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Wilmington Trust Corp said on Tuesday it has reached a $60 million deal to resolve U.S. criminal charges that the bank concealed its deteriorating condition from regulators and investors in 2009 and 2010, just as a trial wa…
Tropical Storm Ophelia expected to strengthen to hurricane by Thursday
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ophelia is expected to strengthen gradually over the next two days and become a hurricane by Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.
U.S. top court rejects convicted coal executive’s appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Massey Energy Co Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship’s bid to overturn his conviction stemming from a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners ended on Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected …
U.S. top court leaves Guantanamo detainee’s conviction intact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place the last remaining conviction of a Yemeni man who was put on trial before a special military tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base in Cuba for his role as an al Qaeda publi…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to review computer hacking cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a growing controversy over who can give permission to access a computer, a debate that goes to the core of what constitutes hacking in this era of widespread use of the internet and s…
