Kushner divests equity in major NYC property
NEW YORK (IFR) – Jared Kushner has divested his equity interest in 666 Fifth Avenue, a 39-story office and retail building on Manhattan’s famed shopping area, according to a spokesperson at Kushner Companies.
Fired: Trump dumps top lawyer who defied immigration order
(In this Jan. 30 story, corrects spelling of Sergey Brin in paragraph 24)
American runner travels the world to win seven marathons in a week
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Starting over the snow in Antarctica and ending next to the sands of Sydney, an American shipbroker won seven marathons in seven continents over seven days to claim the World Marathon Challenge.
UNWTO warns Trump immigration order could hurt U.S. travel demand
BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries could affect demand for travel to the United States, the UN World Tourism Organization said on Tuesday.
Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting transgender boys
(Reuters) – The Boy Scouts of America said on Monday the group would begin accepting transgender boys, bucking its more than a century-old practice of using the gender stated on a birth certificate to determine eligibility.
Cocaine found in nose cone of American Airlines jet: police
(Reuters) – An airline maintenance worker in Oklahoma found 31 pounds (14 kg) of cocaine in the nose cone of an American Airlines jet after it arrived from Colombia, police said on Monday.
Dutch government ends talks with U.S. on ‘pre-clearance’ of airline passengers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Tuesday it had ended talks with the United States over allowing “pre-clearance” of passengers traveling from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport following President Donald Trump’s curbs on immigration.
Trump order targeting business rules leaves key regulations untouched
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically reduce federal regulations, but the policy will not apply to most of the financial reform rules introduced by the Obama administration.
Clean-up begins at Dakota pipeline protest camp
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – Dump trucks and heavy machinery rolled into the protest camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday, and crews began filling large dumpsters with garbage that has accumulated, much of it now buried under sno…
Trial opens for activist charged in pipeline disruption
(Reuters) – A jury was selected in Washington state on Monday in the first trial over a coordinated protest that disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude oil into the United States, a proceeding activists hope will serve as a referendum on cl…
