American Airlines’ employee suspended after row with passengers
(Reuters) – American Airlines has suspended an employee after a video showed an altercation on one of its planes involving crew, several passengers and a crying woman carrying a young child.
Wildfire threatens 2,000 homes in southwest Florida
(Reuters) – A wildfire in southwest Florida triggered evacuation orders for about 2,000 homes on Friday, prompting the governor to deploy National Guard troops to help residents fleeing the flames.
U.S. states realign in legal battle over Trump’s travel ban
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of six Muslim-majority nations faces its second challenge at a U.S. appeals court next month, and this time more Republican states are backing the measure, while one Dem…
Power restored to most San Francisco customers: PG&E
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Fewer that 3,000 customers remained without electricity in San Francisco on Friday after a fire in a utility substation earlier in the day knocked out power for much of the city, according to PG&E.
California rains muddy farm fields, higher vegetable prices soak shoppers
SALINAS, Calif. (Reuters) – Record rains are a double-edged sword for California’s Salinas Valley: While the recent deluge virtually ended the state’s historic drought, it also created muddy, unworkable fields – sending prices for everything from kale …
U.S. Homeland Security probes possible abuse in Twitter summons case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department’s inspector general said on Friday he was investigating possible abuse of authority in a case that triggered a lawsuit against the department by Twitter Inc .
Chinese citizen pleads guilty in U.S. to trying to export carbon fiber
(Reuters) – A Chinese citizen pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of trying to illegally export to China high-grade carbon fiber used primarily in aerospace and military applications, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
Washington threatens funding cut to California, other ‘sanctuary’ areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice threatened on Friday to cut some funding to California as well as eight cities and counties across the United States, escalating a Trump administration crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities that d…
Social media outrage as Sessions calls Hawaii ‘island in the Pacific’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Social media did not take kindly to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions referring to the country’s 50th state of Hawaii as just “an island in the Pacific.”
Accused Fresno gunman’s arraignment delayed after courtroom outburst
(Reuters) – A man accused of murdering a motel security guard and gunning down three white men in a racially motivated Fresno, California shooting spree was ordered to undergo a psychiatric exam on Friday after entering a courtroom yelling “let black p…
