(Reuters) – New York City police scuba divers searched the Hudson River on Saturday for a retired North Carolina professor who went missing while participating in a swim competition, officials said. FILE PHOTO: A New York Waterway ferry boat crosses the Hudson River as heavy fog hangs over the Manhattan skyline in New York City,
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FILE PHOTO: President Donald Trump waves as he walks near the White House in the inaugural parade after being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/Pool WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration and Congress still owe the District of Columbia government $7 million for
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for the party’s 2020 U.S. presidential nomination will appear at a Black Economic Alliance forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, with an eye on the key role black voters will play in the early-voting state. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) – Some 300 people gathered on Friday evening for a candle-light vigil in the Memphis neighborhood where a young black man was shot dead by federal authorities as residents remained on edge following violent demonstrations earlier this week. People take part in a candlelight vigil in memory of Brandon Webber, two days
FILE PHOTO: Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen, in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Boyce/Illustration (Reuters) – U.S. drugmakers filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a new government regulation that would require them to disclose the list price of prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer television advertisements. The lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson in front of a Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter on the driveway abutting the South Lawn prior to delivering remarks at a showcase of American-made products event at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo (Reuters) – U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden will appear on the same stage with Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and six other rivals during the second of two nights of candidate debates scheduled for later this month in Miami. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden
U.S. President Donald Trump enters the East Room to deliver remarks on second chance hiring, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque – RC18BC7B2F20 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reversed course over whether he would report any foreign interference in a political campaign to U.S. law
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) – The Memphis community where a young black man was slain this week by federal agents as they tried to arrest him remained tense after a night of violent protests, but community activists and a mayoral candidate hoped the weekend would be calm. Two men pass a police patrol car a day
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) – A young black man slain by federal agents as they tried to arrest him in Memphis, touching off violent protests, was wanted in the shooting of a man in Mississippi earlier this month, law enforcement officials said on Thursday. At least two dozen police officers were injured on the streets of
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A sitting U.S. governor will be left off the stage when the Democratic Party holds its pivotal first debate in Miami later this month. FILE PHOTO: Twenty four 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are seen in a combination from file photos (L-R top row): U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren,
(Reuters) – Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump, has been sued by a paraplegic former client who accused him of siphoning away a $4 million settlement he had won. FILE PHOTO: Lawyer Michael Avenatti speaks as he departs federal court in the Manhattan borough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised his former adviser Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty as part of the federal Russia investigation, and offered him “good luck” one day before an update was due in the case ahead of sentencing. Former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn departs after his sentencing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A power that the U.S. Congress has not wielded since the 1930s may remain unused for a while longer as Democrats turn to the courts — not long-dormant rules — to press home investigations of President Donald Trump and his administration. General view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 19,
SANTA DOMINGO (Reuters) – The alleged shooter of David Ortiz has been arrested along with four others in a group offered nearly $8,000 to kill the former Boston Red Sox star at a Dominican Republic bar, authorities said on Wednesday. The arrests came as Ortiz, 43, recovered in a Boston hospital following a second round
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to extend the fund compensating first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center for the next 70 years, a move that would avoid steep benefit reductions over a lack of money. FILE PHOTO: Comedian Jon Stewart, who earlier
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Stanford University sailing coach avoided prison on Wednesday in the first sentencing to result from the U.S. college admissions scandal after admitting he took bribes to help children of wealthy parents gain admission to the school. John Vandemoer, Stanford University’s former head sailing coach, leaves the federal courthouse after being
PEORIA, Ill. (Reuters) – An Illinois man accused of kidnapping and killing a scholar visiting from China two years ago was obsessed with Ted Bundy and other serial killers, a federal prosecutor said as the man’s trial opened on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Brendt Christensen, 28, arrested in connection with the disappearance of Yingying Zhang, 26,
NEW YORK (Reuters) – According to LGBTQ legend it was Marsha P. Johnson, a black transgender woman, who threw the first brick at the Stonewall Inn 50 years ago, sparking the modern gay liberation movement. LaLa Zannell, a New York-based transgender rights activist, poses outside The Stonewall Inn in New York, U.S., May 30, 2019.
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Stanford University sailing coach is set to become the first person to be sentenced in the U.S. college admissions scandal after admitting he agreed to help wealthy parents secure spots for their children at the school in exchange for bribes. FILE PHOTO: John Vandemoer arrives at the federal courthouse to
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The pilot who died when he crashed his helicopter atop a Manhattan skyscraper was not licensed to fly the aircraft in bad weather, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday. Officials stand on 787 7th Ave a day after a helicopter crashed into the building in New York City, New York,
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – An Arizona jury on Tuesday said it was unable to reach a verdict in the trial of a U.S. human rights activist who was accused of hiding undocumented migrants, but said he was offering them humanitarian aid. FILE PHOTO: Scott Warren, charged with harboring two undocumented migrants, poses in this photo
FILE PHOTO: Scott Warren, charged with harboring two undocumented migrants, poses in this photo taken in Ajo, Arizona, U.S., on April 12, 2019. Courtesy No More Deaths/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – An Arizona jury on Tuesday said it was unable to reach a verdict in the trial of U.S. human rights activist
FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shovel dirt onto a freshly planted oak tree as Brigitte Macron and first lady Melania Trump watch during a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Steve Holland PARIS (Reuters) – French President
(Reuters) – A near record-sized “dead zone” of oxygen-starved water could form in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, threatening its huge stocks of marine life, researchers said. FILE PHOTO: The rising waters of the Gulf of Mexico crash at the shoreline of the Treasure Island community of West Galveston Island, Texas March 6, 2014.
(Reuters) – Police in the Dominican Republic were investigating why a man shot and wounded former Boston Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz as he sat in a nightclub late on Sunday, police and the team said. Ortiz, a 43-year-old retired baseball player still beloved in Boston for his role on three World Series-winning
FILE PHOTO – Abortion rights advocates attend a rally after a judge granted a temporary restraining order on the closing of Missouri’s sole remaining Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant (Reuters) – The only abortion clinic in Missouri can stay open after a St. Louis judge issued a
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A helicopter crashed onto the fog-shrouded roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, killing the pilot and unnerving a city still scarred by memories of the Sept. 11, 2001, airplane attacks on the World Trade Center. The crash on a rainy, gray day atop the 54-storey AXA Equitable Center forced
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A helicopter made a crash landing onto the roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, killing at least one person and sending a plume of smoke skyward from the top of the building. The crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. (1800 GMT) on a rainy, foggy day at the 50-story
(Reuters) – Santo Domingo police on Monday were investigating why one of two men on a motorcycle shot and wounded former Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz as he sat in a nightclub late Sunday, according to police and the team. Ortiz, a 43-year-old retired player still beloved in Boston for his role on