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Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Las Vegas police look for motive in deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Las Vegas police look for motive in deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Police sought clues on Tuesday to explain why a retiree who enjoyed gambling but had no criminal record set up a vantage point in a high-rise Las Vegas hotel and poured gunfire onto a concert below, slaying dozens of people before killing himself.

As Trump set to visit Puerto Rico, 95 percent lack power

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is set to make his first visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday, two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory, and is likely to face more criticism of his handling of the disaster as the vast majority of inhabitants lack power and phone service and are scrambling for food, clean water and fuel.

Key employment dispute leaves Supreme Court divided

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday defended the right of workers to bring class-action claims against companies but their conservative counterparts who are in the majority sounded skeptical in the biggest business case of the court's new term.

Russia threatens retaliation over U.S. 'break-in' at San Francisco consulate

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. officials broke into residences at Russia's consulate in San Francisco, the foreign ministry in Moscow said, threatening retaliation over what it called a hostile and illegal act.

Accused 'Chelsea bomber' removed from New York courtroom as trial begins

(Reuters) - Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man accused of setting off bombs in New York City and New Jersey in September 2016 and wounding 30 people, was temporarily removed from a Manhattan courtroom after trying to address the court without permission just as his trial was about to start.

Private information of two people compromised in SEC hack: chairman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The personal information of two individuals was compromised in a recently uncovered hack of a Securities and Exchange Commission database, according to the agency's chairman.

Hurricane churns up debate: should Puerto Rico be a U.S. state?

NEW YORK/SALINAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - The hurricane that leveled Puerto Rico last month has given fresh impetus to a decades-old argument on the island: that the U.S. territory would fare better financially as a U.S. state.

Supreme Court mulls parameters for deporting immigrant felons

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday expressed skepticism toward part of an immigration law requiring the deportation of immigrants who commit violent felonies because of uncertainty over which crimes fit the bill and which do not.

Supreme Court divided over curbing workers' class-action suits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday defended the right of workers to bring class-action lawsuits against companies but their conservative counterparts who are in the majority sounded skeptical in the biggest business case of the court's new term.

Oracle Co-CEO questions policies on student visas

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp Co-Chief Executive Mark Hurd on Monday said he does not understand Trump administration immigration policies that make it difficult for foreigners to work in the United States after earning an education here.