VIDEO: Law enforcement asks protesters to move DAPL camp
MANDAN, ND (KFGO) - Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier says oil pipeline protesters have refused to remove roadblocks on a highway and won't leave a new camp north of the original Spirit Camp south...
View ArticleConnecticut man who ran Ponzi scheme as teen gets prison: U.S.
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A Connecticut man was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison after being convicted of bilking investors out of nearly $500,000 in a failed Ponzi scheme he ran...
View ArticleUniversity resumes U.S. Upper Midwest regional factory report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marquette University in Wisconsin said on Wednesday it would resume publication of its monthly manufacturing activity report on the U.S. Upper Midwest, starting with its report on...
View ArticleU.S. government worker pleads guilty in plot to steal rice for Chinese
By Julia EdwardsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A geneticist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture pleaded guilty on Monday to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when questioned...
View ArticleChicago school board approves $1 bln bonds for junk-rated district
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education gave final approval on Wednesday to the sale of up to $1 billion of new and refunding bonds for the junk-rated district.The third-largest public...
View ArticleNYC lawyer charged with tax evasion related to shelters
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer has been criminally charged with failing to report to the Internal Revenue Service more than $3 million of fee income from tax shelter and...
View ArticlePipeline protest update, including Jesse Jackson on horseback
NEAR CANNONBALL, ND (KELO-AM) The Dakota Access Pipeline protest keeps adding star power. On Wednesday, the Reverend Jesse Jackson pumped up the crowd in the massive camp of tents and teepees near the...
View ArticleVP Nominee Kaine to Visit Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will be visiting Wisconsin next week.The Virginia Senator will campaign in Appleton and Madison on Tuesday, just one week before...
View ArticleJustice Dept. silent on possible DAPL investigation
FARGO (KFGO) - The Justice Department is declining to say whether it plans to open a civil rights investigation into local law enforcement actions against Dakota Access Pipeline protesters.Standing...
View ArticleU.S. judge OKs historic $265 million settlement in 2015 Amtrak derailment
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday signed off on a record $265 million settlement over an Amtrak passenger train crash in Philadelphia in 2015 that killed eight people and injured...
View ArticleFord idling Focus plant in Michigan extra two weeks on light demand
By Bernie WoodallDETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it will idle the Wayne, Michigan factory an extra two weeks by the end of the year, adjusting to light demand for the Focus compact...
View ArticleOfficial Responds to Early Vote Controversy
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The city of Green Bay is firing back at a national report earlier this week highlighting an email from its clerk arguing against establishing an early, in-person absentee voting...
View ArticleHyundai, Kia to pay $41.2 million to U.S. states over mileage claims
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp will pay $41.2 million to resolve an investigation by 33 U.S. states over the their 2012...
View ArticleNew Jersey man pleads guilty to charge in Rutgers cyber bullying case
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - The former Rutgers University student whose high-profile cyber bullying conviction was overturned last month pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted invasion of...
View ArticleTexas college student takes topless selfie, hits police car, gets arrested
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A 19-year-old Texas A&M University student taking a topless selfie while driving slammed into the rear of a stopped police car and was arrested, police said on...
View ArticlePolice arrest 16 in crackdown on North Dakota pipeline protesters
By Timothy Mclaughlin(Reuters) - Sixteen Native Americans and other protesters were arrested in North Dakota on Thursday in the latest clash between police and demonstrators seeking to halt...
View ArticleFlorida man pleads guilty in case linked to JPMorgan hacking probe
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Florida man pleaded guilty on Thursday to obstructing a regulatory examination of a credit union linked to an illegal bitcoin exchange owned by an Israeli accused...
View ArticleObama shortens prison sentences for 98 convicts: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences for 98 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his latest round of commutations, including for 42 people...
View ArticleJury awards $7.3 million to Penn State whistleblower in Sandusky scandal
By David DeKokBELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) - A jury in Pennsylvania on Thursday awarded more than $7 million in damages to a former Penn State University assistant football coach who said the school...
View ArticleLawyer says U.S. Supreme Justice Thomas groped her in 1999
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman who works as a corporate lawyer with an Alaska energy company has accused U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her in 1999, a charge he called...
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