US News Update: September 2017

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Air France flight with engine damage makes emergency landing in Canada

(Reuters) - An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in eastern Canada on Saturday after one of its four engines sustained "serious damage" over the Atlantic, the airline said.

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Colorado Town Comes Out Against Gay 'Conversion Therapy'

Westminster became the first city in Colorado to declare its opposition to conversion therapy according to a proclamation issued by the city council.

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Air France says flight AF 066 suffered serious engine damage

BERLIN (Reuters) - Air France said an engine on flight AF066 from Paris to Los Angeles had suffered "serious damage", forcing it to divert to Canada.

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Mormon Leader Reaffirms Faith's Opposition to Gay Marriage

A member of the religion's top governing body urged members at a church conference Saturday to follow teachings that say marriage is for a man and a woman.

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Maria power outage puts old, vulnerable at risk in Puerto Rico

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Few people in Puerto Rico have suffered more from the devastation of Hurricane Maria than the elderly and the infirm.

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Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response

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 government for the slow response was driven by politics.

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Climber Killed in El Capitan Rockfall Tried to Save His Wife

Andrew Foster, a rock climber from Wales, had jumped to cover his wife, Lucy, as rocks rained down Wednesday, their family told a British newspaper.

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Under fire, Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response

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 has come under fire for its response, was doing an "amazing job."

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Southern Prisons Have a Smuggled Cellphone Problem

NBC research shows that smuggled prison cellphones, linked to fraud, drug-dealing and violence inside and outside prison, are especially common in the South.

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U.S. 'Probing' Dialogue With North Korea, Tillerson Says

"We're not in a dark situation," the Secretary of State told reporters during a trip to China Saturday.

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Groups Plan to Challenge Trump's New Visa Restrictions

The American Civil Liberties Union says that Trump's latest visa restrictions, despite adding North Korea and Venezuelan officials, is still a "Muslim ban."

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In Space, U.S. and Russia Friendship Untethered

In the cold expanse of space, the U.S. and Russia enjoy warmer relations.

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Can Uber and Equifax Find Redemption After a Scandal?

Can companies like Uber and Equifax find redemption? Here are a few companies that did.

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Demonstrators unveil "Stop Killing Us" banner at St. Louis baseball game

(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 who was accused of murdering a black man, local media reported.

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Tillerson in China as U.S. Presses North Korea Sanctions

The U.S. sees China as critical to averting a military confrontation with North Korea, which is top of the agenda as Rex Tillerson arrives in Beijing for talks.

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Oklahoma man convicted of murder in beheading case: media

(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 plea of insanity, local media reported.

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North Korea Says Sanctions Causing 'Colossal' Damage

A North Korean official said new international and U.S. sanctions were causing "colossal" damage but also said sanctions have not stopped its nuclear ambitions.

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Vegas Sheriff Says No Evidence Officers Mistreated NFL Player Bennett

The head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said officers responded professionally in detaining Seahawks' Michael Bennett after a shooting report.

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SOS From Hurricane-Ravaged Vieques: Send Help Now

"It's a small community, people look after themselves, but there's no power, there's no water, no cellphone signal," said one resident.

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Trump Tax Plan a Boon for the 1 Percent, New Analysis Finds

The top 1 percent of earners would reap the lion's share of benefits under a new tax-cut proposal unveiled by President Donald Trump, a new study finds.

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Twitter Fires Back After Congress Slams Its Russia Response

Twitter has taken exception to Senator Mark Warner's comments that Twitter's response to the probe was "inadequate on almost every level."

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HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns Over Chartered Plane Scandal

Tom Price is out as President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary.

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San Juan's Mayor to Government: 'We Are Dying Here'

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz pleaded that the government end the "inefficiency" and "bureaucracy" that has prevented aid from reaching those in need.

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U.S. Pulling Staff From Cuba After Mystery 'Attacks'

The U.S. is ordering nonessential staff to leave, warning Americans against visiting Cuba and halting visa processing.

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The 'Internet of Things' Will Change Everything

Life promises to be a lot easier when all our devices are communicating with each other.

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Air Force Academy Head Tells Racists to 'Get Out'

"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, than get out," said Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, after racial slurs were discovered on campus.

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Delayed Response to Puerto Rico Has Echoes of Katrina for Some

A lingering lesson in the years after Hurricane Katrina was how the federal government failed to respond effectively in those first crucial days.

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Immigration Raids Target Hundreds in 'Sanctuary' Cities

ICE announced its four-day 'Operation Safe City' targeting people in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington.

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Shooting Suspect May Have Sought Revenge for Charleston

A note found in the car of a man charged with spraying deadly gunfire at a Tennessee church made reference to revenge for a white supremacist's massacre.

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Student Admits 'Colored' Sign Was Poor Attempt at Humor

A day after Confederate flag signs were posted at American University, officials at the UNC Charlotte were faced with a racially charged incident of their own.

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New Photo Shows the Moon May Be Farther Away Than You Think

A new photo from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dramatically depicts the distance between the Earth and moon.

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One Word Is Worth $500 Billion as Congress Debates Tax Cuts

Congressional Republicans are looking at a $500 billion budget gimmick to hide the effect of their tax reform plan on the budget deficit.

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Man Who Found Boston Bomber Dies at 70

The man who was hailed as a hero after finding Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his backyard has died. He was 70.

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HIV That's Undetectable Is Untransmittable, CDC Says

The CDC said there's "effectively no risk" of an HIV-positive person with an undetectable viral load sexually transmitting the virus to an HIV-negative partner.

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'Nobody's Born a Bigot': Anti-Racism Educator Jane Elliott Talks Trump

Anti-Racism educator Jane Elliott speaks out about Obama's legacy, BLM, Trump's presidency and how America can begin to heal it's racial divide.

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What's Behind the Vote Aimed at Breaking Up Spain?

Catalonia is set to hold an independence referendum in spite of a fierce crackdown by the government of Spain's conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

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California Primaries Move to Super Tuesday

With a handful of exceptions, California has always held its primaries in June — at a time when the major-party presidential nominees have often already been chosen.

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These Three Amigos Cause Presidents Cup to Live Up to Name

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton posed with players and wives on each team in an opening ceremony unlike any other.

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San Juan's Mayor to Government: 'We Are Dying Here'

San Juan mayor calls hurricane disaster 'a people-are-dying' story

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital lashed back on Friday at the comments by a top Trump administration official who said the federal effort to help the U.S. island territory recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria is "a good news story."

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Tennessee church shooter may have sought revenge for Charleston murders: report

(Reuters) - A man accused of killing a woman in a shooting rampage at a Tennessee church this week might have acted to avenge the murders of nine black people in a South Carolina church two years ago, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

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Company founded by Shkreli off the hook in $43 million lawsuit: judge

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vyera Pharmaceuticals, formerly known as Turing Pharmaceuticals, does not have to pay Impax Laboratories Inc $43 million in a dispute stemming from Turing founder Martin Shkreli's decision to boost by 5,000 percent the price of a drug Turing bought from Impax, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday.

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