[Maroc Top News] Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs PATTON VILLAGE, Texas (Reuters) - When Hurricane Harvey sent two feet of water rolling into this small community about 35 miles north of Houston, Alfredo Becerra had to flee his modest 1,500-square-foot house. New York charges Times Square bomb suspect; Bangladesh questions wife DHAKA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in a crowded Manhattan commuter hub, as investigators in his home country questioned his wife. Trump denies accusations of sexual misconduct, attacks Democrats WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he did not know the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct and alleged their claims were a political attack pushed by Democrats, rejecting renewed calls to look into his behavior. U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea in 1965 dies aged 77 TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea more than half a century ago, but who was eventually allowed to leave the secretive state, has died in Japan aged 77. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dies at 65: mayor's office SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, the city's first mayor of Chinese descent, died early on Tuesday, the mayor's office said in a statement that did not cite the cause of death. Trump's push to cut federal jobs has modest impact, mostly in defense WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign to shrink the "bloated federal bureaucracy" so far has made a small dent in the federal workforce, and that largely because of a decline in civilian defense jobs. U.S. safety board to review final report on 2015 El Faro sinking WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety officials were due to meet on Tuesday to discuss their final report on the 2015 sinking of the El Faro freighter, which killed all 33 crew members in the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel in more than three decades. U.S. transit agencies cautious on electric buses despite bold forecasts LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Communities across the United States are looking to replace their dirty diesel buses, ushering in what some analysts predict will be a boom in electric fleets. Doubts about U.S. State redesign deepen with erroneous comments WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson holds a town hall with staff on Tuesday amid skepticism about his planned agency reorganization that has been aggravated by his recent inaccurate comments about the State Department, a dozen current and former officials said. Five years after Sandy Hook, U.S. gun-control advocates switch strategy NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five years after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, advocates who are disappointed with the failure of efforts to limit access to firearms are changing their strategy. {/foreach} Related Video "This was an attempted terrorist attack": NY mayor Cold War-era U.S. defector to North Korea dies North Korea revealed Reuters has covered the Korean peninsula since 1866. Here's how we're doing it in 2017. 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 - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2017 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook

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