Monstrous Hurricane Irma kills 14 in Caribbean, heads for Florida
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (Reuters) – The eye of Hurricane Irma grazed the Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday, rattling buildings after it smashed a string of Caribbean islands as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, killing …
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to bar most refugees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the country, ruling that those who have relationships with a resettlement agency should be exempt from an ex…
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to bar most refugees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the country, ruling that those who have relationships with a resettlement agency should be exempt from an ex…
Hurricane Irma kills four in U.S. Virgin islands: government
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma killed four people in the U.S. Virgin Islands and caused widespread damage to infrastructure, including to a major hospital, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
U.S. appeals court rules against broad interpretation of Trump’s travel ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled against President Donald Trump’s effort to broadly enforce a temporary travel and refugee ban on people from certain Muslim-majority countries that the Republican president said was necessary …
Ohio Supreme Court rejects killer’s bid to delay execution
(Reuters) – The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by death row inmate Gary Otte to delay his scheduled execution next week so he could pursue appeals.
Airlines scramble to evacuate residents ahead of Hurricane Irma
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Airlines are racing against the clock to clear as many customers as possible from the likely Florida path of Hurricane Irma, as social and political pressure mounted for carriers to play a bigger role in aiding evacuations.
Head of New York metals company sentenced to prison over Iran exports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of a New York-based metallurgy company was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison on Thursday for conspiring to illegally export missile-grade metallic powder to Iran.
Many U.S. Navy ships in Pacific lack certification: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government watchdog said on Thursday that more than a third of U.S. Navy ships based out of Japan had expired warfare training certifications, as lawmakers raised concerns about readiness after a series of collisions invol…
Red Cross launches first U.S. drone program for disasters
(Reuters) – The American Red Cross will for the first time fly a drone to assess damage and funnel aid to areas of Houston flooded by Hurricane Harvey over the last two weeks, the agency and sponsors said on Thursday.
