Trump Taps Priebus for Chief of Staff
By John Whitesides and Alana WiseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday chose Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, the favorite of the party's establishment and...
View ArticleNorth Dakota sheriff investigates report of attack on pipeline protester
By David Ingram(Reuters) - North Dakota authorities are investigating a weekend incident in which pipeline protesters said a woman was struck by a man driving a truck who drove over her feet and fired...
View ArticleFederal agents to investigate fire at South Carolina black business organization
(Reuters) - Federal agents will investigate a fire that broke out over the weekend at an African-American business organization's headquarters in South Carolina, officials said on Sunday.The U.S....
View ArticleChelsea Manning asks Obama to commute sentence to time served: NYT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in prison for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, has asked the Obama administration to commute her remaining sentence to...
View ArticleProtecting public lands and wildlife
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Conservation groups are seeking bipartisan action to safeguard the nation's natural resources.Lew Carpenter with the National Wildlife Federation says public land and it's...
View ArticleUPS air maintenance workers vote 98 percent to authorize strike
By Nick CareyCHICAGO (Reuters) - Air maintenance workers at United Parcel Service Inc have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against the world's largest package delivery company as contract...
View ArticleU.S. finalizes 'quiet cars' rules to prevent injuries
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday finalized long-delayed rules that will require "quiet cars" like electric vehicles and hybrids to emit alert sounds when they are...
View ArticleNew York police probe swastikas amid reports of hate crimes
By Laila KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Police in New York were investigating two cases on Monday involving swastikas drawn or painted in public spaces, as civil rights activists said there had been a...
View ArticleU.S. Army, Interior Dept call for more review on Dakota pipeline
By Ernest Scheyder and Liz Hampton(Reuters) - Federal authorities deferred a final decision on a controversial North Dakota section of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday in a statement that...
View ArticleThree Minnesota men sentenced for trying to aid Islamic State
By Timothy Mclaughlin(Reuters) - Three Somali-American men from Minnesota were sentenced on Monday for conspiring to support the Islamic State militant group in Syria in 2014 and early 2015, the...
View ArticleU.S. transport safety board calls for tougher rail oversight
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday urged federal regulators to improve oversight of rail transit systems following a series of accidents...
View ArticleCalPERS chief sees volatility until Trump implements plans
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System's chief investment officer advised the pension fund on Monday to prepare for "greater uncertainty and volatility" until U.S....
View ArticleDassey to be Released as State Seeks Stay
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - A federal magistrate, who previously overturned the conviction of Brendan Dassey, has granted him supervised release from prison.That's the decision Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge...
View ArticleACLU urges probe into transgender teen's suicide in Maine jail
BOSTON (Reuters) - Civil rights advocates on Monday called on Maine officials to mount a special investigation into the death of a transgender male teenager who was held in the female wing of a state...
View ArticleEx-Rabobank trader turned U.S. cooperating witness spared prison
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Rabobank trader from Britain on Monday avoided prison after cooperating with U.S. authorities investigating how traders manipulated Libor, the leading...
View ArticleJudge says ex-U.S. presidential yacht can be sold for $0
By Tom Hals(Reuters) - A Delaware judge said on Monday the former presidential yacht, the USS Sequoia, could be acquired by an investment group for zero dollars, ending a years-long dispute over the...
View ArticleGeorgia man found guilty of murder in toddler son's hot-car death
By Rich McKayATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia man accused of wanting a child-free life was found guilty by jurors on Monday of murdering his toddler son in June 2014 by leaving him in a sweltering car to...
View ArticleWisconsin judge orders release of nephew in 'Making a Murderer' case
By Rory Carroll(Reuters) - A federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday ordered the release of Brendan Dassey, who was imprisoned for life for helping his uncle kill a freelance photographer in 2005 in a...
View ArticleShopko to Offer Credit Card
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) - Shopko customers will now have a new option with which to help them pay for items purchased from the Ashwaubenon-based retailer.Company officials announced it will offer a...
View ArticleOptimism for 2016 Gun Deer Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The annual nine-day gun deer hunting season in Wisconsin begins on Saturday. Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are excited about the 2016 season for...
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