Houston quickens pace of Harvey recovery as new storm threatens U.S.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Houston area residents picked up the pace of their recovery from Hurricane Harvey on Tuesday, jamming roads as they returned to offices and schools to help get the nation’s fourth largest city and its vital shipping and oil industri…
Florida prepares for powerful Hurricane Irma
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – With the devastation Hurricane Harvey wrought in Texas still fresh on their minds, some Florida residents on Tuesday said they were hastening preparations ahead of Hurricane Irma.
Trump ends ‘Dreamer’ immigration program, places onus on Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving a gridlocked Congress …
Five would-be heirs of Prince lose Minnesota court appeal
(Reuters) – A Minnesota state appeals court on Tuesday said five people who claimed to be half-siblings of Prince did not deserve to share in the late pop superstar’s estate.
Trump deals immigrant ‘Dreamers’ in storm-wrecked Houston another blow
HOUSTON (Reuters) – After days of hauling out ruined furniture and ripping up sodden carpets from her family’s flooded home in southeastern Houston, Jessica Perales, 21, received another blow on Tuesday: news that her temporary protection from deportat…
St. Louis on edge before verdict in police killing of black man: mayor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The mayor of St. Louis said on Tuesday that the city was on edge ahead of a verdict in the murder trial of a former police officer charged with killing a black man, and she urged mutual understanding.
Pennsylvania town settles lawsuit brought by U.S. over mosque rejection
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania town settled a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice that alleged the town illegally denied plans for a proposed mosque, the department said on Tuesday.
Trump pulls plug on ‘Dreamer’ immigration program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving Congress six months to…
Mexican volunteers cross border to aid Texas after Hurricane Harvey
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Mexico has come to the aid of the United States following Hurricane Harvey, sending Red Cross volunteers, food and supplies to a country whose president has proposed building a wall to keep the two neighbors apart.
‘Potentially catastrophic’ Irma barrels toward Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, one of the most forceful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across the ocean on Tuesday on a collision course with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bearing down on the northern Caribbean with a de…
