Daredevil Nik Wallenda involved in Florida circus high-wire fall
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – (This story has been refiled to correct conversion from 60-75 meters in first paragraph.)
Voestalpine cleared over announcement of Texas cost overruns
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s financial watchdog has cleared steelmaker Voestalpine of any wrongdoing over the way it informed investors of cost overruns at its Texas plant, both parties said on Thursday.
Seven arrested over Phoenix protest against woman being deported
(Reuters) – Police on Wednesday arrested seven protesters from a group outside a Phoenix immigration center blocking a van carrying a detained woman they saw as an early victim of President Donald Trump’s promise to clamp down on illegal immigration.
Oakley arrested at Knicks game after altercation
(Reuters) – Former NBA player Charles Oakley was arrested on Wednesday during the game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers after an altercation with security guards at Madison Square Garden.
Trump’s Supreme Court pick dispirited by president’s tweets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, on Wednesday described as “demoralizing” and “disheartening” the U.S. president’s Twitter attacks on a judge who suspended Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries,…
U.S. Coast Guard works to contain tugboat oil spill on Florida coast
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard worked on Wednesday to contain an oil spill caused by a leak on a tugboat along the northeastern coast of Florida, the guard said.
Trump blasts retailer Nordstrom, raising new concern on business ties
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump blasted department store chain Nordstrom Inc on Wednesday for dropping his daughter Ivanka’s clothing line, prompting critics to accuse him of misusing public office to benefit his family’s sprawl…
North Dakota tribe says running out of options to stop pipeline
HOUSTON/CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – The leader of a Native American tribe attempting to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline said on Wednesday the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe may have exhausted legal options to stop the project after the company buildi…
At least one dead in car crashes in icy New England
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man died in Massachusetts on Wednesday while helping his adult son involved in one of scores of accidents around New England caused by an unexpected bout of icy weather, with another 55 vehicles colliding in crashes outside Boston….
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers grants easement for Dakota Access pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it had granted on Wednesday an easement to Dakota Access LLC to allow the installation of a light crude oil pipeline under federal lands managed by the Corps at the Oahe Reservoir.
