U.S. top court sets higher bar for stripping citizenship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court handed a setback to the Trump administration on Thursday by making it harder for the government to strip immigrants of U.S. citizenship in a case involving an ethnic Serb woman who lied about her husband’s milit…
Ford expands Chariot shuttle service to Seattle
Ford agreed to buy San Francisco-based Chariot last year to expand beyond auto manufacturing and take another step toward becoming a mobility company.
Senate Republicans unveil Obamacare replacement bill, but fate uncertain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled legislation that would replace Obamacare with a plan that scales back aid to the poor and kills a tax on the wealthy, but the bill’s fate was quickly thrown into question as several se…
Mourners remember U.S. student held prisoner by North Korea
WYOMING, Ohio (Reuters) – Thousands of friends and family members gathered in suburban Cincinnati on Thursday to say goodbye to an American student who died days after returning to the United States in a coma following 17 months in captivity in North K…
Tropical depression brings flooding to U.S. Gulf Coast states
(Reuters) – A tropical depression formerly known as Tropical Storm Cindy caused flooding on Thursday in several U.S. southeastern states, spawned a tornado that injured four people in Alabama, and cut 16 percent of Gulf of Mexico oil production.
Storm Cindy expected to make landfall Thursday morning: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical storm Cindy is expected to move inland near the Louisiana-Texas border Thursday morning as it continues to produce heavy rainfall over the northern Gulf Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Most U.S. teens have sex by 18, but pregnancies down: CDC study
(Reuters) – More than half of American teens have had sex by age 18, but teenage pregnancy and birth rates extended their 2-1/2-decade decline because of increased contraceptive use, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday.
Record number of U.S. motorists seen hitting roads on July 4 holiday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of Americans traveling by car for the Fourth of July holiday will hit a record high this year, fueled by a growing economy and relatively low gasoline prices, the nation’s largest motorists’ advocacy group said on Thursd…
Four die from heat in sweltering U.S. Southwest: reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four people, including a homeless person and two hikers, have died from the record-breaking heat in the U.S. Southwest, media reports said, where triple-digit temperatures have driven residents indoors and canceled airline fligh…
New York designer pleads guilty in scam tied to ex-U.N. chief’s relatives
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York fashion designer who has called himself the “curator of cool” pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a bribery case that involves a brother and nephew of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon….
