Obama presses for funding bill amid Republican disarray
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to avoid a government shutdown starting Oct. 1, as Republican leaders in the House of Representatives struggled to find a way to get enough votes to pass a funding bill….
Search for bodies after Utah floods kill at least 18
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Rescuers searched for a 6-year-old boy and a hiker missing on Wednesday after flash floods in southern Utah killed at least 18 people in a national park and a small town on the Arizona border.
Beverly Hills police plan no action over luxury car speedsters caught on video
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Beverly Hills police cannot arrest or cite either of the drivers of two luxury cars caught on video speeding along narrow residential streets over the weekend because an officer did not witness the incident, a spokesman said on …
White House all-clear given after lockdown over unattended package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House was placed on a security lockdown for close to an hour on Wednesday because of an unattended package found across the street in Lafayette Park, a Secret Service spokeswoman said.
Pennsylvania hospital ends pursuit of confiscated wine
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania hospital will not appeal a court ruling denying its request to auction off hundreds of bottles of vintage wine confiscated from a connoisseur, its lawyer said on Wednesday, opening the way for the state police…
U.S. general says never ordered Islamic State intelligence manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. military’s Central Command on Wednesday told a Senate hearing on the conflict against Islamic State that he never asked for intelligence reports to be skewed to present a more positive view of military operat…
How many Syrian refugees to accept? Poll finds U.S. divided
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Few Americans want their country to take in more Syrian refugees even though many believe the United States should do more to help those fleeing the Middle Eastern country’s brutal civil war, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll rel…
Oklahoma court issues last-minute halt of execution of Glossip
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma appeals court on Wednesday issued a last-minute stay of execution for murderer Richard Glossip so it can consider evidence that his lawyers say points to his innocence.
With teachers strike ended, Seattle schools to reopen Thursday
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A week-long teachers strike in Seattle has ended, but schools remained closed on Wednesday for a day of classroom preparation before some 53,000 students were slated to return from an extended summer vacation on Thursday.
SEC says probes hindered by lack of access to stored emails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Active investigations into foreign bribery, accounting fraud and manipulation are potentially being hindered amid an ongoing legal debate over whether U.S. enforcement agencies can get archived emails from the cloud without obtai…
