Chicago police chief’s son to donate kidney to father: media
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The 25-year-old son of Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson donated one of his kidneys to his father in a life-saving transplant surgery on Wednesday, local media reported.
Trump touts tax reform, overlooks White House aide Cohn
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump made his first major tax reform speech on Wednesday, but in a long list of thank yous he did not mention Gary Cohn, the White House point man on taxes who traveled with Trump to the event.
‘Feed the rescue workers’: Katrina survivors offer tips to Houston
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Adrian Schwing knows how grueling it can be to survive the aftermath of a major storm: He and his family of five spent seven months living in a single bedroom offered by a friend after their home in New Orleans was destroyed mor…
Harvey may cause long-term disruption on Houston’s rail tracks
(Reuters) – Major U.S. railroads have warned that it could be a long time before normal operations resume in the Houston area where Tropical Storm Harvey has caused catastrophic flooding.
Lockheed will not protest U.S. decision on ICBM replacement contract
(Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it would not protest the U.S. Air Force’s decision to eliminate the weapons maker from competition for a contract to replace the aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system.
White House blocks Obama-era rule expanding pay data from companies
(Reuters) – The Trump administration has blocked a rule requiring U.S. employers to report detailed pay data broken down by gender and race, echoing business groups by saying it would not have the intended effect of addressing wage gaps.
Son of jazz great Thelonious Monk sues California brewery
(Reuters) – The son of the late jazz great Thelonious Monk has sued a northern California brewery to stop it from exploiting his father’s memory to sell a Trappist-style beer and related merchandise.
Storm-hit Houston strains from influx of evacuees, mayor demands aid
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Houston strained under the arrival of tens of thousands of people at city shelters fleeing submerged homes and flooded roads on Wednesday, while some incidents of looting and armed robberies forced a midnight curfew.
Kremlin says got Trump adviser email about tower project but ignored it
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman confirmed on Wednesday he had received an email in January last year from an adviser to Donald Trump about a Moscow real estate project, but said he had neither replied nor discussed it wi…
Commercial drones face unprecedented test in Harvey’s destructive wake
BOSTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Fleets of commercial drones are primed to hover over the destruction from Tropical Storm Harvey in an unprecedented test of unmanned aircraft’s ability to assess billions of dollars in damage for the insurance industry and ac…
