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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Trump heads to flooded Texas as Harvey deluges region

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump headed to Texas on Tuesday to survey the response to devastating Tropical Storm Harvey, the first major natural disaster of his White House tenure, even as the lingering storm pushed floodwaters higher.

Dramatic nighttime rescues in flooded Houston suburbs as Harvey rolls on

CYPRESS, Texas (Reuters) - The mayday call went out near midnight to all members of the Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department organizing rescue operations in the outskirts of Houston. There was a new emergency: Four of their own in peril.

Police search for motive in deadly library shooting in New Mexico

(Reuters) - Police in eastern New Mexico will search on Tuesday for the motive that led to young man to go on a shooting spree inside a library, killing two people and wounding four.

U.S. accuses retired colonel of Haitian bribery scheme

BOSTON (Reuters) - A retired U.S. Army colonel has been arrested on charges that he conspired to bribe senior Haitian officials in connection with a planned $84 million port development project, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Anti-racism activists to march from Charlottesville to Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anti-racism activists will begin a 10-day march on Monday from Charlottesville to Washington to protest against a far-right rally in the Virginia city and what they called President Donald Trump's reluctance to condemn its white nationalist organizers.

Comcast builds out 'smart home' strategy as cable shrinks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp may be best known as a cable company, but it is banking on remote-controlled door locks and cameras as well as other "smart-home" offerings to accelerate its growing home security business.

U.S. appeals court questions scope of Trump travel ban

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday sharply questioned a lawyer defending President Donald Trump's effort to broadly enforce a temporary refugee ban that the Republican president said was necessary for national security.

Georgia unveils statue of civil rights leader King on capitol grounds

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia on Monday unveiled a statue of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on the same capitol grounds in Atlanta where statues of segregationists remain.

Trump defends Arpaio pardon, calls former sheriff a 'patriot'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his controversial pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of criminal contempt in a racial profiling case that highlighted tensions over immigration policy in the United States.

California school children help build tiny homes for LA's homeless

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles man who has spent more than two years building tiny, portable homes to help house the city's homeless population recruited a group of fourth and fifth grade children to aid his mission.