U.S. hurricane center says Nicole weakening
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nicole weakened early on Saturday as it moved southward, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Trump in crisis after lewd remarks about women come to light
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plunged into a deep crisis on Friday after a bombshell 2005 recording came to light in which he boasted in vulgar terms about trying to have sex with an unidentified married…
Hurricane Matthew kills over 800 in Haiti before hitting U.S.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti/DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew killed more than 800 people and left tens of thousands homeless in Haiti earlier this week before it skirted Florida’s Atlantic coast on Friday and plowed northward over waters jus…
U.S. securities fraud case dismissed against Texas Attorney General
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday dismissed a civil securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, court documents showed.
Hurricane Matthew tests U.S. response lessons from Katrina
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Acting on lessons learned from the botched response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, government authorities this week rushed to get aid to states in Hurricane Matthew’s path, from drinking water and generators to helicopters and em…
Trump apologizes for lewd talk caught on live microphone in 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump issued an apology on Friday after the release of a video in which the Republican presidential candidate was recorded on an open microphone in 2005 talking in vulgar terms about trying to have sex with women.
Ex-Costa Rican soccer chief Li pleads guilty in U.S. bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Costa Rican soccer federation president charged in a U.S. corruption probe involving the sport’s global governing body FIFA pleaded guilty on Friday, admitting he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
Volkswagen, Audi recall 334,000 vehicles in North America due to fuel leaks
DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG is recalling about 334,000 Volkswagen and Audi brand vehicles in the United States and Canada in three separate recalls, each due to fuel leaks but with different causes, U.S. safety regulators and VW said on Friday.
New Jersey legislature sends gas tax hike to governor’s desk
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey’s Democrat-led legislature passed a 23-cent gasoline tax hike on Friday to re-start the state’s stalled transportation projects, sending the measure to Republican Governor Chris Christie for his expected signature.
Pennsylvania adopts new fracking regulations
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – New regulations governing the extraction of natural gas through fracking will go into effect on Saturday in Pennsylvania, the first overhaul since the industry took off in the state more than 10 years ago.
