Dakota pipeline protest camp nearly empty as holdouts face removal
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – All but a few dozen of the last holdouts from a months-long mass protest against a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota peacefully vacated their riverside camp as an eviction deadline passed on Wednesday.
Winning Powerball ticket worth $435 million sold in Indiana
(Reuters) – A Powerball ticket sold in Indiana matched the winning numbers of a drawing on Wednesday for the game’s $435 million jackpot, one of the largest in the lottery’s history.
Small earthquake shakes northwest Washington state
(Reuters) – An 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Washington state on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Protecting Trump Tower cost NY City $24 million from election to inauguration
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It cost New York City about $24 million to provide security at Trump Tower, President Donald Trump’s skyscraper home in Manhattan, from Election Day to Inauguration Day, or $308,000 per day, New York’s police commissioner said on W…
White House delays revamped immigration order to next week: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has pushed back the release of a new executive order to replace its directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries, a White House official said on Wednesday.
Muslims raise over $91,000 for vandalized Jewish cemetery in Missouri
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Muslim Americans have helped raise more than $91,000 to repair vandalized headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, according to an online fundraising page, amid attacks and threats against Jewish institutions.
Thousands still forced from homes by flooding in California tech hub
(Reuters) – The mucky water flooding a section of San Jose in Northern California forced officials on Wednesday to widen the area under mandatory evacuation orders, with about 14,000 people barred from returning to their homes following drenching rains…
A girl named Ehlena and a dog named Wonder win at U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a disabled Michigan girl whose school refused to let her bring her service dog to class, making it easier for students like her to seek redress for discrimination in federal court.
U.S. Homeland Secretary Kelly warns Guatemalans to stay home
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday told Guatemalans not to waste their money trying to get to the United States illegally, detailing how his department was cracking down on undocumented immigrants and wo…
Republicans more concerned by leaks than Trump team Russian ties: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rank-and-file Republicans are more concerned about leaks to the media of conversations between Trump advisers and the Russian government than they are about the conversations themselves, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll re…
