Three charged with plotting NY attacks for Islamic State: U.S. prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three men have been arrested since May of last year on charges of plotting attacks in New York City for Islamic State in the summer of 2016, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.
Oil industry networking site creator gets one year in U.S. hack case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of an oil and gas networking website who pleaded guilty to hacking a rival site he had created and sold to DHI Group Inc was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on Friday.
Storm Nate heads for U.S. Gulf Coast after 25 die in Central America
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) – Oil and gas producers pulled staff from offshore platforms while Alabama, Florida and Mississippi declared states of emergency as Tropical Storm Nate twisted toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday after killing at least 2…
Three charged with plotting New York attacks for Islamic State: U.S. prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three men have been arrested since May of last year on charges of plotting attacks in New York City for Islamic State in the summer of 2016, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.
Congresswoman urges Trump to extend Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Nydia Velazquez urged President Donald Trump to extend a waiver on shipping limitations for hurricane-battered Puerto Rico on Friday, two days before the 10-day measure was set to expire.
Immigrants in U.S. seeking safe haven worry Trump may send them back
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of Salvadorans, Haitians and others now sheltered in the United States from danger in their home countries might have to leave under a crackdown the Trump administration is weighing on a program that critics slam as “ba…
Tesla to send more battery installers to Puerto Rico to restore power
(Reuters) – U.S. electric car and battery maker Tesla Inc’s CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company will send more battery installers to Puerto Rico to help restore power after Hurricane Maria knocked out all power on the island over two weeks ago.
U.S. Gulf Coast prepares for tropical storm that killed 22
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Oil and gas producers pulled staff from offshore platforms while Alabama, Florida and Mississippi declared states of emergency as Tropical Storm Nate twisted toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday after killing at least 22 people in …
Trump undermines U.S. birth control coverage requirement
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday undermined requirements under the Obamacare law that employers provide insurance to cover women’s birth control, keeping a campaign pledge that pleased his conservative C…
U.S. voting commission vice chair urged new voting restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The vice chairman of a voter fraud panel set up by U.S. President Donald Trump began soon after the election to draft legislative changes that would allow states to require voters to prove their citizenship when registering, cour…
