Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. Lyft pulls electric bikes in three U.S. cities after complaints about braking

Lyft Inc is removing several thousand electric bikes from service in its bike-share program in New York, Washington and San Francisco because of a braking problem, the ride-hailing company said on Sunday. "We recently received a small number of reports from riders who experienced stronger than expected braking force on the front wheel," the company said in a blog post emailed to customers on Sunday. Deadly storms push through the U.S. East Coast

Tornados, wind gusts of up to 70 mph and pounding hail remained threats early Monday from eastern New York and into New England, as the remnants of a deadly weekend storm push out to sea, the National Weather Service said. "This is an ongoing threat," said meteorologist Brian Hurley at the NNWS Weather Prediction Center in Maryland. Court settlement paves way to reunite Central American children with parents in U.S.

The Trump administration has agreed to allow approximately 2,700 children living in Central America to be reunited with their parents in the United States under a court settlement announced on Friday, according to court documents. The settlement follows a lawsuit that challenged a decision in 2017 by President Donald Trump's administration to shut down a program that allowed children living in Central America to be reunited with parents residing legally in the United States. Trump wishes 'no ill will' with Tweet on Muslim lawmaker: White House

President Donald Trump did not wish any harm in his Twitter post criticizing Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's comments on the 9/11 attacks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Sunday. "Certainly President is wishing no ill will, certainly not violence towards anyone," Sanders told broadcaster ABC News' "This Week" show. "But the President is absolutely and should be calling out the congresswoman for her, not only one-time, but history of antisemitic comments," she said. World's largest plane makes first flight over California

The world's largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, as the company enters the lucrative private space market. The white airplane called Roc, which has a wingspan the length of an American football field and is powered by six engines on a twin fuselage, took to the air shortly before 7 a.m. Pacific time (1400 GMT) and stayed aloft for more than two hours before landing safely back at the Mojave Air and Space Port as a crowd of hundreds of people cheered. Ivanka Trump lands in Africa to promote U.S. jobs plan for women

Ivanka Trump began a four-day tour of Africa on Sunday to promote a $50 million United States initiative aimed at encouraging women's employment in developing countries. "Fundamentally we believe that investing in women is a smart development policy and it is a smart business," White House adviser Trump said after drinking coffee and inhaling incense at a traditional Ethiopian ceremony in Addis Ababa. Chinese woman arrested at Trump's Florida resort to enter plea

A Chinese woman charged with bluffing her way into U.S. President Donald Trump's Florida resort last month is expected to enter a plea in federal court on Monday. Yujing Zhang was formally indicted on Friday with making false statements to a federal officer and entering or remaining in a restricted area, charges that carry a sentence of up to five years in prison. Record-early Alaska river thaw follows high winter temperatures

Key Alaska rivers that are usually frozen at this time of year are now free-flowing, with record-early thaws following record-high winter and spring temperatures. In the interior Alaska city of Nenana, ice on the Tanana River gave way just after midnight on Sunday. It was by far the earliest breakup in the 102-year history of the Nenana Ice Classic, an iconic Alaska betting pool in which participants predict when thaw will sink a wooden tripod placed on the ice.

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