Protesters turn out in San Francisco despite canceled rally
(Reuters) – Hundreds of counter-protesters gathered near a barricaded San Francisco park Saturday despite the cancellation of a free-speech rally that city leaders feared could draw right-wing extremists.
Harvey plays havoc with people living on the margins
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) – Craig Uggen stopped short in his white Ford truck on Friday as gusting winds from Hurricane Harvey pushed waves from Corpus Christi Bay over the road. His anxiety rose with the water, now covering half his front wheels…
Food delivery creates tech headache for some U.S. restaurants
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Four tablets from various delivery companies crowd the front counter of Proposition Chicken in San Francisco, each calling out with its own ring when an order arrives.
Harvey claims second fatality, threatens catastrophic floods
ROCKPORT, Texas (Reuters) – A second person was killed on Saturday as Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years, roared inland, knocking out power to more than 230,000 people and threatening catastrophic flooding.
Trump pardons ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday granted a pardon to controversial former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving racial profiling.
U.S. ex-administrative law judge gets prison for $550 million scheme
(Reuters) – A retired U.S. Social Security Administration judge was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for what prosecutors said was his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain $550 million in federal disability payments for thousands of peopl…
Trump likely to rescind Obama ‘Dreamer’ program: media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to rescind an Obama-era policy that protects nearly 600,000 immigrants who entered the country illegally as children and are known as “Dreamers,” according to media reports on Friday.
U.S. advocacy group accuses Paltrow’s Goop of ‘deceptive’ marketing
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. consumer advocacy group said that actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop lifestyle business makes deceptive claims about some of its products, and it has asked the California Food Drug and Medical Device Task Force to open an inv…
EPA ends sponsorship of climate leadership program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will no longer sponsor an awards program honoring voluntary corporate actions to combat global warming, it announced on Friday, the agency’s latest move to undo Obama-era climate change pr…
Arkansas governor to spare inmate previously set to die in April
(Reuters) – Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declared on Friday that he intended to grant clemency to a death row inmate who was among four of eight prisoners in the state whose scheduled April executions were halted by court orders.
