Traffic jams cost U.S. drivers $1,200 a year: study
DETROIT (Reuters) – Traffic jams cost U.S. drivers an average of $1,200 a year in wasted fuel and time, and much more in Los Angeles, the city with the world’s biggest rush hour traffic delays, according to a study by INRIX Inc released on Monday.
Trump mulls national security adviser pick, White House promises autonomy
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump may do another round of interviews for the position of national security adviser with new or existing candidates on Monday as he scrambles to fill the post following the ouster of Mich…
Flood worries in Northern California after deadly storm hits south
(Reuters) – Large parts of Northern California were placed on a flood advisory on Sunday ahead of a storm system expected to bring heavy rain, wind and snow to the state, still cleaning up from a deadly storm that deluged Southern California two days a…
Trump administration drafts plan to raise asylum bar, speed deportations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Homeland Security has prepared new guidance for immigration agents aimed at speeding up deportations by denying asylum claims earlier in the process.
SpaceX launches rocket from historic NASA pad in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasted off on Sunday from a Florida launch pad once used to send NASA astronauts to the moon, a step forward for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and his company’s goal of ferrying astronauts t…
Florida middle schooler threw block at Trump motorcade, sheriff says
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida middle school student may face criminal charges after confessing to throwing a wooden block at a vehicle in U.S. President Donald Trump’s motorcade as it drove through West Palm Beach on Friday, the local sheriff’s off…
Back on the campaign trail already, Trump touts promises kept
MELBOURNE, Fla. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, after a rocky first month in office, returned to the campaign trail on Saturday to deliver another attack on the media and tout his White House accomplishments in the friendly and familiar atmosphere …
Trump administration to expand groups of immigrants to be deported: documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to direct immigration agents to greatly expand the categories of immigrants they target for deportation, according to drafts of two memos seen by Reuters and first reported by McClatchy news organiz…
Biggest storm in five years thrashes Southern California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Southern California cleaned up on Saturday after its biggest storm in years unleashed a wave of rain and snow that killed at least three people and triggered flooding, mudslides, high winds and power outages, officials said.
Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, dies at 69
(Reuters) – Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff known as “Jane Roe” in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, died on Saturday at the age of 69, a journalist close to McCorvey said.
