U.S. loan to Puerto Rico a start, but more aid to come: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. federal government is working on a long-term plan to help Puerto Rico rebuild after Hurricane Maria tore up the island territory’s power grid and other infrastructure three weeks ago, an administration official said on W…
Trump nominates White House aide for homeland security post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, who as top aide to his White House chief of staff has sought to instill order in Trump’s team, to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House said in a sta…
Illinois man charged with kidnapping, death of Chinese scholar
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois man accused of abducting a Chinese visiting scholar at the University of Illinois faces a new charge of kidnapping resulting in death and was arraigned on Wednesday.
Las Vegas police chief says response to gunman came ‘as quick as possible’
(Reuters) – Las Vegas police are getting closer to finding an explanation for why a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the city’s police chief said on Wednesday, as he defended the speed of the department’s response …
Florida businessman admits to bribery scheme at Venezuela’s PDVSA
(Reuters) – The part owner of several Florida-based energy companies on Wednesday became the latest person to plead guilty as part of an ongoing U.S. investigation into bribery at Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA.
Trump to name White House aide to homeland security post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, who as top aide to his White House chief of staff has sought to instill order in Trump’s team, to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House said in a sta…
New York lawyer gets two years in prison for tax evasion scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York lawyer charged with failing to report more than $3 million of income from tax shelter and other transactions he handled at the law firm Herrick Feinstein, where he led the tax practice, was sentenced to two years in pris…
At least 21 dead as resurgent winds fan California wildfires
SONOMA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters, facing resurgent winds and bone-dry conditions on Wednesday, battled to halt the advance of wildfires that have killed at least 21 people, destroyed 3,500 homes and businesses and blanketed Northern California’s…
New York man arrested, charged with threatening ‘Las Vegas repeat’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City man has been arrested on charges that he threatened employees of a Colorado software company with a “Las Vegas repeat” days after a gunman opened fire on a crowd from his Las Vegas hotel room, prosecutors said on We…
Las Vegas shooting victim sues hotel, festival organizer, ‘bump stock’ maker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A California woman wounded in the mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival has filed a lawsuit against the operators of the hotel where the gunman fired from, the festival organizers and the maker of a device that allowed weapon…
