[ad_1] (Reuters) – About $1 million worth of smuggled marijuana was discovered last week in the spare tire compartments of newly assembled Ford Fusion sedans imported into the United States from Mexico, U.S. officials said…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman intends to sue the federal government if Republican lawmakers pass proposed legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, his office said on Monday. Schneiderman’s office…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The text message came as Flavia Cabral walked to a McDonald’s restaurant in Manhattan for her 6 p.m. shift on a May evening. It was from her manager. Business was…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – The mayor of Minneapolis demanded answers on Sunday after an Australian woman was shot and killed by a police officer in the city, having apparently reported a disturbance outside her home. Justine…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Seattle Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused his teenage foster son in the 1980s, according to a child welfare report filed with the state of Oregon at the time and reported by the…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – An anti-violence activist and a 9-year-old were among 10 people who were fatally shot in Chicago over the weekend, the latest in a rash of killings that has shaken the third-largest U.S.…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – A damaging wildfire burning on California’s scenic central coast was expected to expand on Sunday afternoon, with higher temperatures, lower humidity and high winds working against efforts to contain it, officials said.…

[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian court has sentenced U.S. dual national to 10 years in jail on spying charges, Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said on Sunday, the latest case of dual nationals held on security…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Honolulu fire officials on Saturday were hoping to determine the cause of a blaze that tore through three upper floors of a 36-story residential tower in Hawaii’s capital, killing at least three…

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters battled on Saturday to gain control of a destructive wildfire burning near Santa Barbara, California that mushroomed in size overnight, pushed by gusty offshore winds into dry brush that…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Flooding north of Chicago could worsen on Saturday as rivers keep rising after a deluge earlier this week that damaged thousands of homes and sent water cascading into streets and basements, officials…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Two Pennsylvania men were charged with multiple counts of homicide on Friday in connection with the murders of four young men found buried on a farm north of Philadelphia, prosecutors said. Cosmo…

[ad_1] CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said on Friday that the state’s 855 public school districts will open next month despite a disagreement over legislation that could lead to a halt in state…

[ad_1] BOSTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire has opened a criminal probe into the elite St. Paul’s School, following a May report that 13 former members of its staff had engaged in sexual misconduct with students…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Crews battling dozens of wildfires across parts of the parched U.S. West will face tinderbox conditions that could stoke more blazes on Friday and through the weekend, forecasters said. Red flag warnings…

[ad_1] HONOLULU (Reuters) – The lawyer for a U.S. Army sergeant charged in Hawaii with trying to provide material support to Islamic State extremists said on Thursday his client suffers from mental illness that FBI…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Thursday a national monument in Washington state and one in Idaho are no longer on a list of more than two dozen wilderness sites being…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department will require all nations to provide extensive data to help it vet visa applicants and determine whether a traveler poses a terrorist threat, according to a cable…

[ad_1] WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was receiving hospital care on Thursday after becoming dehydrated at a charity house-building project in Canada, but he is doing “OK,” Habitat for Humanity said.…

[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas repairman found that one of the hardest parts about being trapped while servicing a bank’s automated teller machine was convincing customers coming for cash that he was stuck.…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 400 people, including doctors and nurses, have been charged with defrauding Medicare and other federal healthcare programs of $1.3 billion, with many accused of illegally distributing opioids and other…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man accused of killing a woman and injuring 22 others by using his car to cut a three-block swath through the crowded sidewalks of New York’s Times Square denied…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Police in Pennsylvania found the body of one of four missing men they had been searching for on a sprawling rural farm north of Philadelphia, and a local prosecutor confirmed on Thursday…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leaders are expected to unveil a new version of their legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare on Thursday, amid continued feuding among lawmakers over what should go in…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Firefighters in California have gained ground in their battle to contain several wildfires that have forced the evacuation of thousands of people, but forecasters warned the hot and dry conditions in the…

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Kristina Bergman made an unusual decision when she founded Integris Software in early 2016: she included an anti-sexual harassment clause firmly in her company’s voting agreement with investors. The clause…

[ad_1] BOSTON (Reuters) – A post-doctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was arrested on Wednesday on charges he engaged in insider trading ahead of news that Sibanye Gold Ltd planned to acquire Stillwater Mining…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Police in Alabama hunted on Wednesday for a gunman who shot and killed three people in a mobile home park near Birmingham before fleeing into nearby woods, police and local media said.…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mastermind of the Bridgegate lane closure scandal that helped derail New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s presidential ambitions could avoid prison when he is sentenced in federal court on Tuesday.…