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Puerto Rico governor says relief arriving to storm-ravaged rural areas
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s governor says efforts to restore cell service, gas and other basic needs to the island’s rural residents are progressing, even as many in those towns report…
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Trump lays blame on Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday placed blame squarely on Puerto Ricans for the slow recovery from Hurricane Maria after critics and the mayor of San Juan complained…
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Hurricane Maria power outage puts old, vulnerable at risk in Puerto Rico
[ad_1] MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Few people in Puerto Rico have suffered more from the devastation of Hurricane Maria than the elderly and the infirm. Isolated from their families due to phone blackouts, short…
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Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Puerto Ricans on Saturday for failing to do enough to dig out from damage caused by Hurricane Maria, saying criticism leveled at his…
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Under fire, Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/BRANCHBURG, N.J (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Puerto Ricans on Saturday for the slow pace of relief from the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Maria, saying his government, which…
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Demonstrators unveil "Stop Killing Us" banner at St. Louis baseball game
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Demonstrators unfurled a banner that read “Stop Killing Us” at a Major League baseball game on Friday in St. Louis, where they were protesting the acquittal of a white former police officer…
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Oklahoma man convicted of murder in beheading case: media
[ad_1] (Reuters) – An Oklahoma man who had converted to Islam was convicted of murder on Friday in the case of a female co-worker who was beheaded three years ago, after the jury rejected his…
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San Juan mayor calls hurricane disaster 'a people-are-dying' story
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – The mayor of Puerto Rico’s hurricane-battered capital spoke on Friday of thirsty children drinking from creeks. A woman with diabetes said a lack of refrigeration had spoiled her…
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American convicted of supporting al Qaeda, aiding bomb attack
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – An American citizen was found guilty by jurors in Brooklyn federal court on Friday of supporting the militant group al Qaeda and helping to prepare a 2009 car bomb attack…
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Rich would benefit most from Trump tax cut plan: policy group
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The wealthiest Americans would benefit the most from President Donald Trump’s proposed tax cuts while many upper middle-income people would face higher taxes, independent experts said on Friday in the first…
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Having the right name at the right, or sometimes wrong, time
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – When reporters descended on upstate New York to ask about a stunning prison break in 2015, state police spokesman Major Charles Guess took their questions. A dog named Trigger stepped…
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Tree trimming firm pays biggest fine in U.S. immigration case
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A tree trimming company has been handed the largest penalty imposed in a United States immigration case, totaling $95 million, after pleading guilty to employing illegal immigrants, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.…
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Marines agree to improve Camp Pendleton water after dead animals found in supply
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it reached an agreement with the U.S. Marine Corps to bring water systems at Camp Pendleton near San Diego up to code after the…
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Apple sees sharp increase in U.S. national security requests
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has received more than four times as many national-security related requests from the U.S. government in the first half of this year versus a year ago, according to a…
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Toddler shoots two children at Michigan home
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A toddler shot and wounded two 3-year-old children with a handgun at a Michigan home where a woman was babysitting several youngsters, police and local media said on Thursday. The shooting on…
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Connecticut governor vetoes budget as spending cuts loom
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Thursday vetoed the $40.7 billion biennial budget passed by lawmakers earlier this month, saying the bill would undermine the state’s fiscal stability, education system and…
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Health Secretary Price believes has president's confidence
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said on Thursday he believed he still has President Trump’s confidence, a day after the president said he was not happy with Price…
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Federal court strikes down abortion ultrasound law in Kentucky
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A federal court struck down a law in Kentucky on Wednesday that requires women seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound and hear a description of the embryo or fetus. The…
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Trump proposes U.S. tax overhaul, stirs concerns on deficit
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump proposed on Wednesday the biggest U.S. tax overhaul in three decades, calling for tax cuts for most Americans, but prompting criticism that the plan favors business and the…
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Yosemite rock fall kills at least one person, hurts another
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and another hurt on Wednesday when a rockslide from the famed El Capitan granite monolith in Yosemite National Park in California rained boulders onto…
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Trump administration proposes to further cut refugee cap in report to Congress
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed admitting a maximum of 45,000 refugees next year, the lowest cap in decades, which officials said was necessary to ensure U.S. security as the…
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Trump eyes executive order on healthcare, vows another vote next year
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, faced with the latest congressional failure to undo Obamacare, said on Wednesday he was working on an executive order to expand access to health insurance and would negotiate…
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Lengthy power restoration effort seen in Puerto Rico: U.S. power cos
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Puerto Rico faces a lengthy and complicated power restoration process after Hurricane Maria last week left the island’s 3.4 million residents without electricity, according to a group of top U.S. electric company…
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Trump scrambles to convince Americans he can handle Puerto Rico crisis
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After well-received responses to two major hurricanes that hit the U.S. mainland, President Donald Trump is battling to show Americans he can handle yet another natural disaster – this time in…
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Shell Convent Louisiana refinery shut by substation fire
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A large fire in an electrical substation shut Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s 227,586-barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery on Tuesday night, said sources familiar with plant operations. No injuries were reported due to…
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U.S. plans to admit maximum 45,000 refugees in next fiscal year
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to admit up to 45,000 refugees to the United States in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a former U.S. official said on Tuesday, a ceiling that…
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Republicans fail again to kill off Obamacare in Senate
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans on Tuesday fell short yet again in their seven-year drive to repeal Obamacare, in a bitter defeat that raises more questions about their ability to enact President Donald Trump’s…
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Trump says administration is doing 'really good job' on Puerto Rico aid
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was doing a “really good job” helping Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria, amid complaints that federal…
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U.S. charges four college basketball coaches in bribery scheme
[ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged 10 people including four college basketball coaches and financial advisers with bribery and fraud in connection with college recruiting. Those charged include Chuck Person, associate head coach…
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Georgia scheduled to execute man for murdering sister-in-law
[ad_1] ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia is scheduled on Tuesday to execute a man for the 1990 shotgun murder of his sister-in-law, as lawyers for the inmate argue the lethal injection should be halted because his…





