Levee breaches due to Harvey at Houston suburb forcing evacuation
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A levee along the Brazos River south of Houston breached on Tuesday due to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Harvey, forcing officials to call for residents to evacuate low-lying areas.
Illinois, Chicago officials to seek U.S. oversight of city’s police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan reached an agreement with Chicago’s mayor that includes a lawsuit seeking U.S. court oversight of the city’s police department, officials announced on Tuesday.
U.S. accuses retired colonel of Haitian bribery scheme
BOSTON (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Army colonel was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he conspired to bribe senior Haitian officials in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in the Caribbean country, U.S. prosecutors said.
Dramatic nighttime rescues in flooded Houston suburbs as Harvey rolls on
CYPRESS, Texas (Reuters) – The mayday call went out near midnight to all members of the Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department organizing rescue operations in the outskirts of Houston. There was a new emergency: Four of their own in peril.
Comcast builds out ‘smart home’ strategy as cable shrinks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comcast Corp may be best known as a cable company, but it is banking on remote-controlled door locks and cameras as well as other “smart-home” offerings to accelerate its growing home security business.
Georgia unveils statue of civil rights leader King on capitol grounds
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia on Monday unveiled a statue of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on the same capitol grounds in Atlanta where statues of segregationists remain.
Teen shooter in New Mexico attack sought religion to ease troubled past
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) – A teenager who killed two people and wounded four others in a shooting at a small-town New Mexico library had a troubled past but appeared to have turned his life around after joining a local church, his pastor said Tuesday.
California school children help build tiny homes for LA’s homeless
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles man who has spent more than two years building tiny, portable homes to help house the city’s homeless population recruited a group of fourth and fifth grade children to aid his mission.
U.S. calls challenge to Wilmington Trust indictment ‘frivolous’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday rejected as “patently frivolous” the suggestion by Wilmington Trust Corp and four former executives that prosecutors knowingly presented false grand jury testimony, tainting their indictment for hiding…
Showtime hit with lawsuits over Mayweather fight pay per view
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two U.S. boxing fans have filed lawsuits against cable TV provider Showtime over the quality of the livestream for the much-hyped weekend fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor.
