Amazon launches store-pick grocery service in Seattle
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc launched AmazonFresh Pickup service from two locations in Seattle, as the online giant attempts to crack into the multi-billion dollar grocery market dominated by retail giants such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Oklahoma man kills three suspected burglars with AR-15 rifle
(Reuters) – An Oklahoma man shot and killed three suspected teenage burglars with an assault rifle when they broke into his home, and the 23-year-old is unlikely to be charged based on initial evidence, authorities said on Tuesday.
Cache of Civil War cannon balls found at Pennsylvania construction site
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The discovery of a cache of cannon balls left behind after the worst civilian disaster of the U.S. Civil War brought construction on a Pennsylvania apartment complex to a halt on Tuesday while workers waited for the ordnance…
Man in custody after bringing suspicious package near White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tours were suspended at the White House on Tuesday and the Secret Service established a “security perimeter” after a man with a suspicious package approached a Secret Service officer near the presidential mansion, a spokeswoman s…
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.
