Obama declares major disaster in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in North Carolina on Monday after Hurricane Matthew roared through the state over the weekend, the White House said.
Suspect in killing of two California officers barred from owning gun
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 26-year-old man accused of shooting to death two police officers in Palm Springs, California, is a convicted felon who was barred from owning a gun, which has prompted an investigation into how he acquired the firearm, officia…
Trump threatens jail time, Clinton says rival’s campaign is ‘exploding’
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Donald Trump, defiant amid a tide of criticism of his sexually aggressive remarks about women, said Hillary Clinton would go to jail if he were president and attacked her husband for his treatment of women in a vicious presidentia…
U.S. federal agencies ask for another pipeline construction pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army and Departments of Interior and Justice on Monday asked the company building the Dakota Access pipeline to voluntarily halt construction within 20 miles of a contested section of the proposed route.
Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of two California police officers
(Reuters) – A suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of two California police officers had high-capacity ammunition magazines and concealable soft body armor when he was captured, law enforcement authorities said on Sunday.
North Carolina floodwaters, death toll rise as Matthew heads to sea
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) – Raging North Carolina rivers still rising after Hurricane Matthew threaten up to a week more of death and destruction, the state’s governor said on Sunday as the storm’s remnant headed out to sea, leaving a path of carn…
Thompson, Brooklyn’s black district attorney, dead at age 50
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ken Thompson, the first African-American to be elected district attorney of Brooklyn, has died at age 50 of complications from cancer, his office said on Sunday.
U.S. Republicans in crisis over Trump’s vulgar video
WASHINGTON/ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – The U.S. Republican Party on Sunday confronted its biggest crisis in more than 40 years when its presidential nominee, Donald Trump, faced a storm over sexually aggressive comments he made about women in a newly uncover…
Pressure on Trump likely to be intense at second debate with Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, facing eroding support from his party over lewd remarks about women, goes into a second presidential debate with Democrat Hillary Clinton on Sunday needing to demonstrate he remains a…
Train derailment injures dozens, disrupts service on Long Island, New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Long Island Rail Road passenger train derailed on Saturday near the community of New Hyde Park, New York, injuring as many as 29 people and halting service on the key transit line in both directions, railroad officials and police…
