Actress Shailene Woodley arrested at North Dakota pipeline protest
By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - Actress Shailene Woodley was arrested in North Dakota on Monday while protesting a planned pipeline that Native Americans say will desecrate sacred land and damage the...
View ArticleArizona 'jihadist' agrees to plead guilty to terrorism, conspiracy
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona teenager who the FBI said professed himself to be an "American jihadist" has agreed to plead guilty to terrorism and conspiracy charges stemming from a...
View ArticleObama declares major disaster in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in North Carolina on Monday after Hurricane Matthew roared through the state over the weekend, the White House said.The...
View ArticleU.S. cautions air passengers on replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airline passengers with replacement Samsung Electronics <005930.KS> Galaxy Note 7 smartphones should power them down and not stow them in checked baggage due to a fire...
View ArticlePennsylvania's 'Charlie Brown Christmas' city gets artificial tree
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - The cash-strapped Pennsylvania city that was ridiculed and then praised in 2014 for its scrawny "Charlie Brown Christmas" tree has decided to go artificial this...
View ArticleWith soaring demand come weaker assurances for U.S. municipal investors
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - In July, investors gobbled up $1 billion of bonds from a financially-strapped Catholic hospital system in Illinois called Presence Health Network, even though it...
View ArticleSupreme Court weighs Colorado juror race-bias dispute
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The role of race in the U.S. criminal justice system came before the Supreme Court again on Tuesday in a case in which a Hispanic man is seeking to overturn his...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Federal Credit Union to pay $28.5 million over debt collection issues
By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer protection regulators ordered the Navy Federal Credit Union on Tuesday to pay $28.5 million in restitution and fines to settle civil charges...
View ArticleU.S. to seek criminal contempt charge against Arizona sheriff
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek a criminal contempt charge against Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for his tough stance on...
View ArticleU.S. justices to weigh detainee suit against Bush officials
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether to block a lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and others by non-U.S. citizens,...
View ArticleSupreme Court agrees to hear debt collection dispute
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether people who have filed for bankruptcy can sue companies that attempted to collect old debt from them...
View ArticleSupreme Court to hear Mexico border shooting case
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether to revive a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of a Mexican teenager against a U.S. Border...
View ArticleU.S. blacklists Pakistan nationals on suspicion of money laundering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States blacklisted four men and their companies based in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, for purported ties to an organization accused of laundering...
View ArticleChicago mayor seeks rebound with new budget, labor peace
By Dave McKinney and Karen PierogCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved this week to bolster his sagging political fortunes, delivering within a few hours both a labor pact with the...
View ArticleSUNY Polytechnic president resigns amid corruption charges
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - The president of State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute has resigned from his position after prosecutors accused him of engaging in schemes to rig bids...
View ArticlePassenger presumed dead, pilot injured in Connecticut plane crash
(Reuters) - A twin-engine plane crashed on Tuesday afternoon in the downtown business district of East Hartford, Connecticut, injuring the pilot and two people on the ground, and the only passenger on...
View ArticleU.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters: ACLU
By Kristina CookeSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and...
View ArticleSelf-styled Minnesota pastor pleads guilty to sex crimes
(Reuters) - A self-styled Minnesota church leader who was arrested in Brazil last year on allegations of sexually assaulting two 15-year-old girls pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony sex crimes,...
View ArticleDonald Trump Plans Wisconsin Return
UNDATED (Wisconsin Radio Network) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is planning another campaign stop in Wisconsin.Trump’s campaign said late Tuesday that the Republican nominee will be...
View ArticleMassachusetts churches sue over transgender bathroom bill
(Reuters) - Four Massachusetts churches on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking to be exempted from a state law that requires public places to allow transgender people to use bathrooms in line with their...
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