 |  | | U.S. spelling bee features youngest competitor, new tie breaker | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 291 word whizzes vying on Wednesday in the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee will include the contest's youngest-ever competitor, and new tiebreaking rules are aimed at avoiding the dead-heat endings of the last three years. | |  | | | Pentagon successfully tests ICBM defense system for first time | | | WASHINGTON/VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Tuesday cheered a successful, first-ever missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic missile, in a major milestone for a program meant to defend against a mounting North Korean threat. | | | Police take armed suspect at Orlando Airport into custody | | | (Reuters) - An armed suspect in a hours-long standoff with police at a rental car area at Florida's Orlando International Airport on Tuesday pleaded with officers to shoot him before he was taken into custody without any shots being fired, Orlando police said. | |  | | | Fed official says U.S. immigration crackdown could hit economy | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigrants will likely weaken overall U.S. consumer spending and economic growth as those targeted for arrest increasingly choose to stay home and save more, a Federal Reserve policymaker said on Wednesday. | |  | | | Suspect in fatal Portland attack yells about 'free speech' at hearing | | | PORTLAND, Oregon - (Reuters) - The suspect in a fatal stabbing spree on a Portland, Oregon, commuter train yelled remarks about "free speech" as he entered the courtroom where he was being arraigned on Tuesday on charges of attacking bystanders who intervened when he shouted religious slurs at two women of Muslim appearance. | |  | | | New York City law gives fast-food workers scheduling rights | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York on Tuesday became the third and largest major U.S. city to guarantee a measure of scheduling smoothness to fast food workers, whose lives are often disrupted by last-minute changes based on their employers' manpower needs. | |  | | | Trial kicks off in U.S. case over Iran-linked New York office tower | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday settled in for a weeks-long trial to decide the fate of a Manhattan office tower built for the shah of Iran, which the U.S. government is trying to seize for the benefit of people who have won terrorism-related court judgments against Iran. | |  | | | Missouri to limit union rules in public construction | | | (Reuters) - Missouri's non-union contractors will no longer have to pay union wages on public projects such as schools, libraries and police stations under a bill that Governor Eric Greitens signed into law on Tuesday. | | | | | | | | | Related Video | | | | | | | | | | | Great Debate | | | | | | | | | |  |  | | | A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today | | |  |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | | | | » » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | |
