Residents return to Florida Keys as Irma death toll rises
FLORIDA CITY/MIAMI (Reuters) – Residents returned on Tuesday to parts of the Florida Keys archipelago that was hammered by Hurricane Irma’s high winds and storm surge, while the death toll rose in the second major hurricane to hit the United States thi…
No more monkey business: lawsuit over macaque’s ‘selfie’ is settled
(Reuters) – A novel U.S. legal battle over who owned a famous smiling “selfie” taken by a critically endangered monkey six years ago – the animal who snapped the picture or the nature photographer who owned the camera – has been settled out of court.
Man pleads guilty to murders of Maryland sisters kidnapped in 1975
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A one-time carnival worker pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 48 years in prison for the 1975 kidnapping and murders of two young Maryland sisters, resolving one of the most publicized crimes in the state’s history…
Trump won’t insist border wall funds be tied to DACA relief: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will not necessarily insist that funding for a border wall with Mexico be included in legislation to address protections for children brought to the United States illegally, a senior aide said on Tuesd…
Chicago asks judge to halt Trump plan to deny funds to sanctuary cities
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The city of Chicago asked a federal judge on Monday to bar President Donald Trump’s Justice Department from denying public-safety grants to so-called sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with a federal immigration crackdown.
Draining the swamp: Hard-hit Everglades town mops up after Irma
EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. (Reuters) – As Hurricane Irma raged through Everglades City, a tiny fishing village in a vast alligator-infested swamp, Howie Grimm hunkered down inside his house with his 88-year-old mother, a useless cell phone and a new job tit…
Irma’s U.S. death toll rises; residents start to return to Florida coast
FLORIDA CITY/MARCO ISLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida allowed some residents to return on Tuesday to areas hammered by Hurricane Irma’s high winds and storm surge, while the death toll rose in the second major hurricane to hit the United States this ye…
Hawaii urges U.S. top court not to lift Trump refugee ban curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The state of Hawaii on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to lift curbs imposed by a lower court on President Donald Trump’s ban on most refugees entering the United States.
U.S. poverty rate falls, median income rises in 2016: Census
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. poverty rate fell for the second straight year in 2016 to 12.7 percent, while median income rose to $59,000 in 2016 from $57,200 a year earlier, according to federal government data released on Tuesday.
White House says will not ‘prejudge’ any DACA legislative fix
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would not prejudge whether funding for a wall along the U.S. southern border with Mexico must be part of any bill to address protections for children brought to the United States illega…
