U.S. charges three Iraqi refugees with immigration fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three Iraqi refugees in Virginia were charged with immigration fraud on Tuesday after failing to disclose their relationship to a man who was involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Iraq in 2004, the Justice Department sa…
Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate over IQ claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday faulted Texas, the U.S. leader in executions, in a death penalty case for the second time in a month and again ruled in favor of a black inmate, finding the state used an obsolete standard to assess w…
Trump signs order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations that his administration says is hobbling oil drillers and coal miners, a move environmental groups have vowed…
Trump applauds Ford’s previous planned investment in Michigan plants
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co on Tuesday said it would invest $1.2 billion in three Michigan facilities and create 130 jobs in projects largely in line with a previous agreement with the United Auto Workers union, hours after U.S. Presid…
Two Miami police officers shot in ambush-style attack
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Two plainclothes police detectives in Miami were wounded when a group of men fired dozens of shots into their unmarked car Monday night in an ambush, the Miami-Dade Police Department said.
Manhunt prompts evacuation of Arizona wildlife park
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A manhunt for an armed fugitive that triggered the evacuation of a popular wildlife park south of the Grand Canyon ended peacefully on Monday with the arrest of the suspect, police in Arizona said.
Perry pushes Nevada nuclear waste site in first official visit
(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry pushed for opening Nevada’s Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in a meeting with the state’s governor on Monday, but the local leader said he remains staunchly opposed to the project.
Suspect arrested, accused of throwing ‘biblical text’ into mosque
DENVER (Reuters) – Investigators in Colorado arrested on Monday a man suspected of throwing a “biblical text” inside a mosque after smashing windows and a glass door of the Islamic center and overturning furniture inside, police said.
Platinum founder’s lawyer says FBI may have leaked about fraud probe
(Reuters) – A lawyer defending Platinum Partners founder Mark Nordlicht against fraud charges said on Monday an FBI agent who admitted to leaking to the press on an insider trading probe of sports gambler William “Billy” Walters may also have leaked ab…
Trump’s childhood home fetches tidy sum for savvy New York investor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York real estate investor has taken a page out of Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal” by selling the president’s boyhood home for $2.14 million, or 54 percent more than the $1.39 million he paid in December, an auction house…
