Canada sees ‘unsustainable’ spike in asylum seekers at U.S. border
TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – The number of asylum seekers who illegally crossed the U.S. border into Canada more than tripled last month, according to Canadian government data released on Thursday, as migrants worried about the U.S. administration’s im…
Uber wins U.S. court appeal to push price-fixing case to arbitration
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Thursday won a victory in its effort to keep unhappy customers from suing in court, persuading a federal appeals court to send a Connecticut passenger’s price-fixing case against the ride-service …
Apple’s Cook says he disagrees with Trump, vows donations to rights groups
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) CEO Tim Cook has joined a chorus of business leaders who have voiced their opposition to President Donald Trump after he blamed white nationalists and anti-racism activists equally for violence in Virginia over the weeken…
Rare trio of stinky corpse flowers to bloom at Washington garden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A botanic garden on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol is expecting a stinky first in coming days as a trio of so-called corpse flowers is due to open and release an odor likened to the smell of rotting flesh.
Forest rangers, fire crews brace for eclipse watchers to descend on U.S. West
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Forest rangers and fire managers across the U.S. West will be on high alert as motorists flock to Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming for next week’s total solar eclipse, clogging roads and straining scarce resources at the height of su…
Wisconsin debates billions in incentives for Foxconn plant
(Reuters) – The Wisconsin State Assembly on Thursday opened debate on a $3 billion incentive package for a proposed liquid-crystal display plant by Taiwan’s Foxconn, a deal that caused a stir when it was announced by President Donald Trump last month.
Man falls to his death from Los Angeles port crane after police standoff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man fell to his death on Wednesday at the Port of Los Angeles after he led police on a chase before he climbed a crane where he stripped, danced and did acrobatics during a hours-long standoff, local media reported.
Truck driver formally indicted for 10 immigrant deaths in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A truck driver accused of smuggling immigrants inside a packed and sweltering tractor-trailer through Texas, 10 of whom died, was formally indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday on charges that can carry the death penal…
Possession of small amounts of narcotics now minor offense in Oregon
(Reuters) – Possession of small quantities of narcotics like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine are no longer felonies in Oregon under a measure signed into law by Governor Kate Brown, who said on Wednesday that it undoes laws that had unfairly target…
Maryland judge reaffirms life sentences for D.C. sniper Malvo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Six life sentences for a man convicted in a deadly Washington area sniper spree when he was 17 have been allowed to stand after a Maryland judge found that he had not been given mandatory life terms, which the U.S. Supreme court …
