State Department presses North Korea to release detained Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States holds North Korea accountable for its treatment of U.S. student Otto Warmbier and wants three other U.S. citizens detained by Pyongyang to be freed as soon as possible, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday….
Record temperatures expected in broiling U.S. Southwest
(Reuters) – Record high temperatures are expected in parts of the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday, taxing power grids, prompting safety warnings and making it too hot for some aircraft to fly.
Travel ban challengers urge U.S. top court to reject Trump appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Opponents of President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries again urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject his bid to revive it, saying his administration undermined its own arguments by ame…
U.S. motor travel up 1.5 percent in April from year ago: DOT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorists logged 1.2 percent more miles on U.S. roads and highways in April compared with the same month last year, according to U.S. government data released on Tuesday, keeping pace to break last year’s record volumes.
Family declines autopsy for U.S. student released by North Korea
(Reuters) – An Ohio coroner, abiding by family wishes, has performed an external examination instead of a full autopsy on the body of the U.S. student who was held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months and sent home in a coma, the agency said on Tuesda…
Tropical storm likely to form and hit U.S. coast: hurricane center
(Reuters) – A weather system in the Gulf of Mexico has a 90 percent chance of becoming a tropical storm in the next day or two, threatening energy infrastructure as it advances toward Texas and Louisiana, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Tues…
Defense, prosecution trade blame in Boston ‘Baby Doe’ murder case
BOSTON (Reuters) – A lawyer for the Boston man accused of murdering a toddler whose remains were found on a beach in 2015, sparking a months-long effort to identify “Baby Doe,” told a jury that the girl’s mother, and not his client, killed the child.
Fed’s Fischer says more to be done to prevent future crises
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Stanley Fischer on Tuesday warned that while the U.S. and other countries have taken steps to make their housing finance systems stronger, more needs to be done to prevent a future crisis.
Ohio appeals for information on four people in family massacre probe
(Reuters) – Ohio investigators are appealing for information about three men and a woman from the same family in their probe into the unsolved 2016 execution-style killings of eight members of another family, the state’s attorney general said on Monday…
Tropical storm Bret could weaken to depression by Wednesday: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical storm Bret, located about 150 miles (235 kms) south of Grenanda, is expected to weaken to a tropical depression by Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
