Firefighters hold ‘sleeping giant’ wildfire in check in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A stubborn wildfire stoked by triple-digit temperatures raged for a sixth day outside Santa Barbara in coastal Southern California on Monday as crews worked to keep the blaze some have called a “sleeping giant” in check, officia…
Uber and Lyft rivals rush to Texas capital after fingerprint fight
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – About a half dozen ride-hailing firms have rushed into Texas tech hub Austin after market leaders Uber and Lyft left the city last month in a huff over municipal requirements that they fingerprint drivers.
Exclusive: Justice Department opposes new Obama proposal on Guantanamo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is again facing dissent from within his administration – this time from Attorney General Loretta Lynch – over his plans to shutter the Guantanamo Bay military prison, according to senior administration officials.
U.S. state, local government tax haul up to $317 billion in first-quarter: Census
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. state and local government tax revenues rose to $317 billion in the first quarter of 2016, a gain of 3.1 percent versus the same period a year ago according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau published on Tuesday.
Heat wave tests Southern California’s power grid amid gas shortage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s power grid operators warned homes and businesses on Monday to conserve electricity as rising demand for air conditioning stoked by a record-setting heat wave across the U.S. Southwest tested the region’s generating …
Man arrested at Trump rally said he wanted to shoot candidate: court papers
(Reuters) – A man arrested over the weekend trying to wrestle a gun from a police officer at a Las Vegas rally held by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told an investigator he wanted to kill the candidate, court papers showed on Monday.
During siege, Orlando gunman told police he was ‘Islamic soldier’
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida nightclub killer called himself an “Islamic soldier” and threatened to strap hostages into explosive vests in calls with police during the three-hour siege, according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday.
Federal charges will not be filed in Georgia teen’s death: media
(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors will not file charges in the case of a Georgia teenager found dead in a rolled-up wrestling mat in his school gym, media reported on Monday.
Danielle weakens to a tropical depression: NHC
(Reuters) – Danielle, the fourth named tropical storm of 2016, has weakened to a tropical depression and is expected to dissipate Tuesday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
Invoking Orlando, Senate Republicans set up vote to expand FBI spying
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set up a vote late on Monday to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s authority to use a secretive surveillance order without a warrant to include email metadata and some browsin…
