Monday 15 October 2018

President Trump, First Lady to visit storm-ravaged Florida Panhandle

President Trump, First Lady to visit storm-ravaged Florida Panhandle

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Florida's storm-ravaged Panhandle on Monday, the White House announced, in the president's first tour of the destruction left by the deadly Hurricane Michael.

Factbox: Some 240,000 U.S. customers without power after Hurricane Michael

Some 240,029 homes and businesses on the U.S. East Coast were without power on Monday in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, according to local power companies.

Business jet show kicks off amid optimism over U.S. tax cut-spurred demand

The latest trends in corporate jets, from high-end technology to hot showers at 40,000 feet, are on display at a flagship industry show in Orlando this week, where planemakers expect booming demand, helped by U.S. President Donald Trump's changes to the tax code.

Los Angeles judge to weigh evidence against Robert Durst of 'The Jinx'

Real estate scion Robert Durst, the enigmatic subject of the HBO television documentary "The Jinx," was due back in court on Monday for a hearing on whether prosecutors have sufficient evidence to bring their murder case against him to trial.

Affluent cities gained at expense of Trump's 'forgotten' America study

The economic divide between affluent U.S. cities and suburbs and the ailing, often rural, areas where blue collar and middle-tier service jobs are the norm grew wider after the onset of the Great Recession, a Washington-based think tank said on Monday.

Trial opens on claim Harvard discriminates against Asian-Americans

Harvard University is set to face trial on Monday over accusations that it discriminates against Asian-American applicants in a closely watched lawsuit that could influence the use of race as a factor in college admissions decisions.

Honduran migrant group grows, heading for United States

A growing group of more than 1,500 Honduran migrants headed for the United States moved toward the Guatemalan border on Sunday, witnesses and organizers said.

More dead expected in destroyed Florida Panhandle towns after Michael

Dozens of people remained missing on Sunday in Florida Panhandle communities reduced to ruins by Hurricane Michael as rescuers said they expected the death toll to rise and survivors grappled with power outages and shortages of food and water.

In Tennessee, a Democrat scrambles to turn out voters as polls show slide

Just weeks ago, Tennessee's Phil Bredesen was a bright light for a Democratic Party hoping to make inroads into conservative "Trump country" and secure a path to retake majority control of the U.S. Senate in November's elections.

Four shot dead at one-year-old's birthday party in Texas

Four men were shot and killed following a fight between two families at a birthday party for a 1-year-old in Texas, state officials said.

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