China’s Xi promises better investment climate as Boeing announces China plant
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seeking to project a sunny climate for U.S. business, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday his country planned to greatly reduce restrictions on foreign investment, as Boeing announced plans for an aircraft finishing cente…
Tennessee honoring return of remains of World War Two hero
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during a World War Two battle will be laid to rest on Sunday in his Knoxville hometown after decades buried on the Pacific atoll where he died, Tennessee…
Pope lauds Obama on climate change, canonizes controversial missionary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the United States to help tackle climate change and touched on other divisive U.S. political issues such as immigration and economic inequality on his first visit to the world’s richest nation.
Sixth body found in areas scorched by massive California wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Authorities have discovered the body of a sixth person who died in areas ravaged by a pair of devastating Northern California wildfires, officials said on Wednesday.
Banks must turn over Sudanese assets to USS Cole victims: U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three banks must turn over Sudanese funds to victims of al Qaeda’s deadly 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen to help satisfy a $315 million judgment, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
N.C. girl, 3, whose father is accused of trying to drown her, dies
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – A 3-year-old North Carolina girl, whose father is accused of trying to drown her and her siblings, has died, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. immigration agents to be let back into Los Angeles County jails
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles County sheriff, who oversees the largest jail system in the United States, has said he will allow immigration agents back into his detention facilities to potentially deport unauthorized immigrants who might pose…
Did Pentagon employees try to expense strip club, casino bills?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s Inspector General is investigating whether U.S. military personnel tried to get the U.S. government to pay them back for bills they racked up at casinos and strip clubs, using official travel charge cards.
U.S. court hears arguments on Texas death row inmate’s mental competency
DALLAS (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Texas death row inmate told an appeals court on Wednesday that their schizophrenic client was too delusional to be put to death and they requested funds for experts to determine the state of his mental health.
Lawyer for accuser of NHL’s Kane sees possible evidence tampering
(Reuters) – The attorney for a woman accusing NHL star Patrick Kane of sexual assault said on Wednesday an evidence bag that once contained the case’s rape kit was delivered anonymously to the home of the accuser’s mother.
