Florida evacuation orders lifted as rain quells wildfires
(Reuters) – Florida officials on Sunday lifted evacuation orders for about 2,000 homes threatened by wildfires in drought-stricken central and southwestern parts of the state, after rainfall helped firefighters battle the blazes.
CNN anchor alleges Fox News ex-CEO Roger Ailes also harassed her
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Television journalist Alisyn Camerota said on Sunday she was a target of sexual harassment by Roger Ailes when she worked at Fox News, joining other former colleagues at the cable channel who have accused their ex-boss of inappropr…
Trump says Mexico ‘eventually’ will pay for border wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday he expected Mexico to pay for the wall he has promised to build along the southern border, resuscitating a campaign promise that roiled U.S. relations with Mexico in the first week of his pre…
Sweet home Chicago: Obama re-emerges in city where it all began
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday makes his first major appearance since leaving office, having chosen Chicago, the city where his political career started, to emerge from a three-month hiatus from the public eye.
On Earth Day, an environment-minded Republican turns to birds
NEW HOPE, Pa. (Reuters) – In his white dress shirt and black pin-striped pants, U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick stood out from the other birdwatchers gathered near a grove of bud-studded trees in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday morning.
Trump’s ‘big announcement’ on tax to be broad principles: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s promised “big announcement” next week on overhauling the U.S. tax code, a top campaign pledge, will consist of “broad principles and priorities,” an administration official said on Saturday.
Florida wildfires force evacuations, destroy homes
(Reuters) – Scattered wildfires were burning in drought-stricken parts of central and southwestern Florida on Saturday, destroying nine homes and triggering evacuation orders for about 2,000 other residences.
Trump visits wounded U.S. service members at military hospital
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump visited wounded U.S. service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, his first visit as president to the armed forces hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, outside Washington.
March for Science draws big crowds, clever signs across U.S.
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people turned out in cities across the United States and beyond on Saturday for Earth Day events billed as a “celebration of science” to counter what organizers say is a growing disregard for ev…
American Airlines apologizes for onboard clash over stroller
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines on Saturday apologized to a female passenger and suspended an employee after a video showing an onboard clash over a baby stroller went viral, in the latest embarrassment for a U.S. carrier over how it treated a …
