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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Feuding U.S. Senate Republicans to get revised healthcare bill

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 the bill and uncertainty over its prospects.

Former New York assembly speaker Silver's conviction is overturned

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the corruption conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, saying the jury was improperly instructed on the law in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

'This was a homicide,' Pennsylvania police say after finding missing man

(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 that investigators were treating the case as a murder.

After passenger dragged, Chicago says police will handle airport incidents

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Months after an online video of a United Airlines passenger being dragged from a plane went viral and sparked global outrage, Chicago aviation officials on Wednesday said future airport disturbances will be handled by city police, not aviation security officers.

U.S. confirms it has lifted laptop ban on EgyptAir flights

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it has lifted a ban on state-owned EgyptAir passengers using laptops on U.S.-bound flights, leaving just two Middle Eastern airlines still under restrictions first imposed in March.

Crews fight dozens of California wildfires amid July heatwave

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews battled dozens of wildfires raging across California on Wednesday, gaining ground on several of the more destructive blazes as forecasters warned that hot, dry, tinderbox conditions would persist across the U.S. West.

UCLA campus bomb scare ends, students return

(Reuters) - The University of California Los Angeles allowed students to go back to their dormitories and resume activities early on Thursday, hours after a bomb threat forced the evacuation of campus buildings, the school said on social media.

Amtrak considering tighter airline-style economy class seating: executive

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing Amtrak Co-chief Executive Wick Moorman said on Wednesday the money-losing U.S. passenger rail system is considering a less comfortable economy class of seats that could allow it to pack in more passengers.

U.S. attorney general says to hire 300 prosecutors to fight crime

(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Wednesday the Justice Department plans to hire 300 additional assistant U.S. attorneys to help fight a recent national increase in crime, including a focus on transnational gangs such as MS-13.

New York City declares war on rats with $32 million plan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City on Wednesday announced a $32 million plan to reduce the rat population by 70 percent in the city's three most infested neighborhoods by the end of 2018.