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Friday, July 7, 2017

New York suburban commuters gear up for 'summer of hell'

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's suburban commuters are bracing for the start next week of what has been called the "summer of hell" as the United States' busiest train hub partly shuts down for extensive track repairs.

New York-bound train derails days before planned transit tie-ups

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey Transit train derailed near Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station on Thursday, forcing 180 passengers and crew onto a rescue train, just days before the biggest U.S. train hub will partially shut for repairs.

Hawaii, Alaska contemplate coming into North Korean missile range

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii/WILLOW, Alaska (Reuters) - Disused military tunnels snake beneath the crater of Diamond Head, out of sight of the tourists lounging near the volcano on Waikiki Beach but very much on the mind of Gene Ward, a state representative from Honolulu.

Contentious end to Illinois budget impasse turns threatening

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A rage-filled electorate lashed out at Illinois’ public officials as a two-year fiscal impasse ended on Thursday with a tense security lockdown of its Capitol and fallout from a death threat against a state legislator.

Cities dubbed immigrant 'sanctuaries' hit back on Trump funding threat

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Department of Justice is reviewing letters from 10 local jurisdictions that said they are in compliance with U.S. immigration law, to determine whether to cut federal funding, officials said Thursday, heating up a dispute between so-called sanctuary cities and President Donald Trump's administration.

Virginia executes man for killing guard, deputy in 2006

(Reuters) - The state of Virginia executed a man on Thursday convicted of the 2006 killings of a security guard and a sheriff's deputy, despite claims that he was mentally ill and questions over whether the execution drugs would work as planned.

Georgia doctor to head U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(Reuters) - Brenda Fitzgerald, a physician in charge of the state of Georgia's public health agency, has been named to head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration said on Friday.

Outbreak of hantavirus infections kills three in Washington state

(Reuters) - Five people have been stricken with the rare, rodent-borne hantavirus illness in Washington state since February, three of whom have died, in the state's worst outbreak of the disease in at least 18 years, public health officials reported on Thursday.

'Making Money' host Charles Payne suspended from Fox Business Network

(Reuters) - "Making Money" host Charles Payne was suspended from Fox Business Network, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday.

China-bound flight returns to Seattle after passenger assaults crew member

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Beijing returned to Seattle on Thursday after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant in the first-class cabin before being subdued by other travelers, a Seattle-Tacoma International Airport spokesman said.