Wal-Mart to settle U.S. lawsuit over benefits for same-sex spouses
By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Friday said it would pay $7.5 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit claiming it discriminated against gay employees nationwide by denying health benefits...
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Bismarck (KFGO) - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is calling on all parties in the Dakota Access Pipeline dispute to avoid violence. Lynch said federal mediators are being sent to protect the...
View ArticleCalifornia warehouse fire kills at least nine at dance party
By Rory Carroll and Curtis SkinnerOAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A fire that roared through a warehouse dance party in Oakland, California, killed more than nine people and left at least two dozen others...
View ArticleBergdahl seeks pardon before Trump takes office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who is charged with desertion for walking away from his combat post in Afghanistan in 2009, has asked President Barack Obama for a pardon, the...
View ArticleFirefighters battle major fire in Cambridge, Massachusetts
(Reuters) - Firefighters were battling a major, multiple-alarm fire of several buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the city's fire department said on Twitter.At least one building was ablaze at...
View ArticleGreen Party's Stein to pursue Pennsylvania recount petition in federal court
By David DeKokHARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - Green Party candidate Jill Stein late Saturday vowed to bring her fight for a recount of votes cast in Pennsylvania in the U.S. presidential election to...
View ArticlePentagon arms buyer 'hopeful' that Lockheed F-35 block buy will proceed
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) - Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's chief arms buyer, said on Saturday he was hopeful that a proposed three-year block buy of Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets, expected...
View ArticleSchmitt Sentencing on Monday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt is scheduled to be in Brown County Circuit Court Monday morning for a plea and sentencing hearing on three charges in connection with violating...
View ArticleArmy denies Dakota pipeline permit, in victory for Native tribes
By Ernest Scheyder and Valerie VolcoviciCANNON BALL, N.D./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Sunday it turned down a permit for a controversial pipeline project running...
View ArticleGuantanamo detainee released to Cabo Verde
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department on Sunday announced that a long-held inmate at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Shawqi Awad Balzuhair, had been transferred to the government of...
View ArticleAccused Charleston gunman asks judge to reinstate defense team
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - The avowed white supremacist accused of killing nine black people at an historic South Carolina church told a federal judge on Sunday that he no longer...
View ArticleArmy Corps of Engineers denies easement
Cannonball, N.D. (KFGO) - The Army Corps of Engineers has denied an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline. The corps, along with the Obama Administration, have rejected the permit. Construction will...
View ArticleFormer astronaut Buzz Aldrin to stay in New Zealand until lungs clear
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, has been advised by doctors to stay in New Zealand until fluid from his lungs clears, days after he was...
View ArticleGunman charged after threatening DC restaurant hit by fake news
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who took a rifle into a Washington pizza restaurant on Sunday "to self-investigate" a fake news report that it was operating a child abuse ring has been charged with...
View ArticleU.S. reshaping budget to account for Russian military threat
By Andrea ShalalSIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) - Russia's increasing military activities around the world have unsettled top U.S. military officials, who say they are reshaping their budget plans to...
View ArticleWith Dakota denial, outlook for U.S. pipelines turns murky
By Liz HamptonHOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army's denial of an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline, after permitting and legal obligations were followed, sets an uncertain precedent for new...
View ArticleJudge declares mistrial in ex-South Carolina policeman's murder trial
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial on Monday after jurors weighing a murder charge against a white former South Carolina police officer who shot...
View ArticleWashington pizzeria to stay open despite shooting over fake news
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington pizzeria vowed on Monday to stay open despite a shooting incident sparked by a fake news report that it was fronting a child sex ring run by Democratic...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects TV pitchman's appeal on weight loss book
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected former TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau's bid to overturn his criminal contempt conviction and 10-year prison sentence for exaggerating the content of a...
View ArticleUnited Airlines mechanics ratify new contract
By Alana WiseNEW YORK (Reuters) - Union mechanics at United Continental Holdings Inc on Monday ratified a six-year joint collective bargaining agreement with the airline, marking the end to several...
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