Telethon raises $44 million for Hurricane Harvey, Irma relief
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A celebrity-packed telethon for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma raised some $44 million, organizers said on Wednesday, after more than 130 stars including George Clooney, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey and Justin Bieber joined…
Maryland city approves letting non-citizens vote in local elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Maryland city of College Park will allow non-citizens to take part in local elections, ending months of controversy amid a roiling national debate over immigrants and their status in the United States.
Ohio executes double murderer after court rejects appeal
(Reuters) – Ohio put to death a double murderer on Wednesday, its second execution in 2017 after a three-year hiatus because of legal challenges and difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs.
Five die at Florida nursing home as Irma toll hits 69; 4 million without power
MIAMI/SAN JUAN, P.R. (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma has claimed eight more lives, including five patients at a Florida nursing home that lost power, authorities said on Wednesday, as more than 4 million people in four states struggled without electricity a…
Chelsea Manning, Sean Spicer named fellows at Harvard
BOSTON (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in prison for leaking classified data, and former White House spokesman Sean Spicer have been named visiting fellows at Harvard University, the school said Wed…
Trump administration sued over phone searches at U.S. borders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has engaged in an unconstitutional practice of searching without a warrant the phones and laptops of Americans who are stopped at the border, a lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleged.
Exclusive: U.S. won’t issue some visas in four nations in deportation crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday will stop issuing certain kinds of visas to some citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone because the nations are not taking back their citizens the United States wants to depo…
U.S. flood insurance program sees $11 billion payments for Texas flooding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. federal flood insurance program estimates it will make $11 billion in payments through the government-run program for flooding in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey, the program’s administrator Roy Wright said on Wednesday…
Evacuees begin long road back to Florida Keys after Irma’s devastation
MIAMI/SAN JUAN, P.R. (Reuters) – Evacuees from Hurricane Irma returned early Wednesday to parts of the Florida Keys, which remained largely without electricity and communications in the wake of the deadly storm.
Shocked residents return to Irma-ravaged Florida Keys
ISLAMORADA, Fla. (Reuters) – Evacuees from Hurricane Irma were early on Wednesday returning to the Florida Keys, where sunrise will give them a first glimpse of devastation that has left countless homes and businesses in ruins.
