U.S. Pacific Commander Harris expected to step down next year
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Admiral Harry Harris, the U.S. Pacific military chief known for combative views on Beijing’s South China Sea expansion, is expected to step down next year, U.S. officials said on Friday, leaving President Donald Trump to f…
Minnesota patrolman acquitted in traffic-stop slaying of black motorist
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Trump administration sides with employers in Supreme Court labor case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday sided with employers in a Supreme Court case over the rights of workers to bring class action lawsuits against companies, court documents showed.
U.S. lawmaker Scalise improving after baseball field shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Steve Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, has shown improvement in the past 36 hours after being shot by a man who opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a baseball practice earlier in the week, his lead surg…
Birds find haven from urban injuries at New York City treatment center
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Olivia Snarski was cleaning out the apartment of a friend who died on Tuesday when she found a bird lying against a wall with what appeared to be a broken bone.
White House says no determination yet on ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) – The Trump administration is still reviewing a policy set in 2012 by U.S. President Barack Obama that protects from deportation nearly 600,000 immigrants brought into the country illegally by their parents, known as “Dreamer…
Trump acknowledges he is under investigation in Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday he is under investigation in a probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race and possible collusion by his campaign – and seemed to assail the Justice Departmen…
U.N. envoy urges North Korea to explain why freed U.S. man is in coma
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator called on North Korea on Friday to explain why an American student was in a coma when he was returned home after more than a year in detention there.
Ohio police officer in murder trial says he feared for his life
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – A former University of Cincinnati police officer on trial for the second time in the killing of an unarmed black motorist said on Friday that he feared for his life during the traffic stop when the shooting took place.
Guilty verdict in U.S. trial tying suicide to teen texting
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge found a young woman guilty of manslaughter on Friday for a series of text messages to her boyfriend urging him to commit suicide in 2014.
