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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

High-level U.S. visit leads North Korea to free student in coma

WASHINGTON/CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Otto Warmbier, an American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months and said by his family to be in a coma, was medically evacuated from the reclusive country after a rare visit there from a high-level U.S. official.

U.S., Europe seek measures to avert expanded airline laptop ban

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will meet European officials this week to discuss new security measures that could prevent the U.S. government expanding a ban on laptops beyond flights from ten airports primarily in the Middle East.

Two fugitives captured after escaping from Oklahoma jail: media

(Reuters) - Two of the four inmates who escaped earlier this week through a jail's air vent in central Oklahoma were caught early on Wednesday after being spotted by fishermen at a reservoir, local media reported.

Cubans fret new Trump policy will dampen tourism boom

HAVANA (Reuters) - Edi Coba says he is not sure his new rooftop bar in the heart of Old Havana that buzzes at night with hip, tattooed young Americans will survive if U.S. President Donald Trump tightens restrictions on travel to Communist-run Cuba.

Two inmates on the run in Georgia after killing guards

(Reuters) - Police in Georgia mounted an intense search on Tuesday for two escaped inmates who overpowered and shot to death a pair of armed guards aboard a prison bus, then fled with both officers' guns into the surrounding countryside, authorities said.

Race for governor in Virginia set after tight primary race

RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - Virginia's lieutenant governor will face a former Republican national committee chairman in a November general election to become the state's next governor in a race seen as a bellwether for next year's mid-term congressional races.

Baltimore to flood streets with police after rash of killings

(Reuters) - Baltimore police will put more officers on the street to battle a surge in killings that included six homicides in seven hours this week, part of a wave of deadly violence not seen in the port city in years, authorities said on Tuesday.

Rolling Stone to pay Virginia fraternity $1.65 million in defamation suit

(Reuters) - Rolling Stone magazine has agreed to pay $1.65 million to a University of Virginia fraternity to settle a defamation lawsuit over the publication's debunked article about an alleged gang rape on campus, the fraternity said on Tuesday.

Minnesota lawmakers sue governor over vetoing funding for their paychecks

(Reuters) - Lawmakers in Minnesota sued the governor on Tuesday saying his veto last month of funding for their paychecks and their staff's pay is unconstitutional, court documents said.

Cuomo initiative to protect New York tenants wins court backing

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge has upheld the legal authority of the Tenant Protection Unit, a key initiative of Governor Andrew Cuomo to protect rent-regulated tenants from overcharges, harassment and intimidation by unscrupulous landlords.