White House disappointed by U.S. high court immigration action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House expressed disappointment on Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear a bid by President Barack Obama's administration to revive his plan to spare...
View ArticleDetroit defeats pensioners' appeal over bankruptcy cuts
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Monday rejected claims by Detroit retirees that their pensions were unfairly cut to help the city end the largest U.S. municipal...
View ArticleConnecticut top court overturns $12 million verdict against U.S. Boy Scouts
(Reuters) - Connecticut's Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court's 2014 decision to award $12 million to a former Boy Scout who alleged he was sexually assaulted by an older scout in the...
View ArticleEx-detainees say CIA used makeshift electric chair in secret Afghan prison:...
By David Rohde and Jonathan Landay(Reuters) - Two Tunisian men who spent 12 years in U.S. custody in Afghanistan said CIA interrogators tortured them using previously unreported techniques that...
View ArticleMaryland man charged with plotting to kill on behalf of Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi citizen who lives in Maryland has been charged with plotting to kill a member of the U.S. military on behalf of Islamic State, the U.S. Justice Department said on...
View ArticleUnion leaders ask Obama to reconsider DAPL decision
WASHINGTON (KFGO) - The presidents of five major labor unions are asking President Obama to allow construction to resume on the Dakota Access Pipeline.The administration stopped the project after a...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court sides against Pence in Syrian refugee case
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the Republican nominee for U.S. vice president, lost another round in federal court on Monday in his bid to keep refugees fleeing...
View ArticleU.S. intelligence community opposes limits to privacy watchdog: memo
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence community does not support pending congressional legislation that would curtail the authority of a privacy watchdog that advises the president...
View ArticleReports: Steven Avery Engagement Ends
UNDATED (WTAQ) - For the first time, we're hearing from Steven Avery's fiancé about their relationship. 54-year-old Lynn Hartman, a Las Vegas-based legal secretary, sat down for a two-part Dr. Phil...
View ArticleTeen suspect in South Carolina school shooting faces second murder charge
(Reuters) - A 14-year-old boy suspected in a South Carolina schoolyard shooting last week faces a second murder charge after one of the victims from the incident died from his wounds, a prosecutor said...
View ArticleDashcam police video shows 'execution' of California black man: lawyer
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Sacramento police officers heard on a dashboard-camera video discussing how they might run down a fleeing black man with their patrol car before killing...
View ArticleCalifornia marijuana legalization faces unlikely foe: growers
By Rory CarrollHUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. (Reuters) - Hezekiah Allen is a third-generation marijuana farmer in this Northern California county, where the cool coastal fog pours off the Pacific Ocean,...
View ArticleMayor of small Pennsylvania borough censured for anti-Obama posts
By David Ingram(Reuters) - The mayor of a small borough in Pennsylvania has been censured by the local council and is facing calls to resign after he posted images on his Facebook page comparing...
View ArticleSouthern Colorado wildfire forces evacuation of hundreds of people
(Reuters) - Hundreds of people were forced to flee a southern Colorado town that was threatened on Tuesday by a wildfire that has destroyed seven structures and triggered an evacuation order, officials...
View ArticleAfter fatal fire, watchdog finds safety neglect in NYC public housing
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City maintenance worker falsely reported that the smoke alarms inside a Bronx public housing apartment were working just hours before a fire erupted inside,...
View ArticleNew Jersey blast destroys two homes, firefighters injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An apparent gas explosion and fire leveled two New Jersey homes and sent five firefighters to the hospital with minor injuries on Tuesday, officials said.Firefighters responded to...
View ArticleGeorgia boy's death in hot car was accident, not dad's intent: lawyer
By Rich McKay(Reuters) - A Georgia man accidentally left his toddler son to die in a hot car in 2014 but did not kill him intentionally in order to pursue online sex as prosecutors contend, his defense...
View ArticleU.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on Tuesday while carrying out operations against Islamic State, the U.S. military said in a statement."The...
View ArticleMan who brandished gun near White House sentenced to house arrest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to eight months of house arrest on Tuesday for brandishing a gun near the White House in May before a Secret Service guard shot him, prosecutors...
View ArticleU.S. justices skeptical of Puerto Rican politician's bribery appeal
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to rule against a Puerto Rican politician who maintained he cannot be retried on corruption charges involving a...
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