Ohio man sentenced for plotting to attack Capitol
By Ginny McCabeCINCINNATI (Reuters) - An Ohio man was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal judge on Monday for plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs in sympathy with Islamic...
View ArticleTexas sheriff's deputy killed after driving into sinkhole
By Jim ForsythSAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas sheriff's deputy was killed after her car plunged into a 12-foot-deep sinkhole that opened up on a flooded two-lane street during drenching evening rains,...
View ArticleU.S. top court weighs race challenges to legislative districts
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled over how to determine when states have unlawfully considered race in drawing legislative districts as they...
View ArticleGeorgia man sentenced to life for toddler's 'hot car' murder
By Rich McKayMARIETTA, Ga. (Reuters) - A Georgia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for intentionally leaving his toddler son to die inside a sweltering sport utility vehicle on a summer...
View ArticleJury selection begins in trial of man accused of killing ex-NFL star
By Helen FreundNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Monday in the murder trial of a Louisiana man accused of fatally shooting retired NFL player Will Smith and wounding the athlete's wife...
View ArticleNew York to clamp down on hate crimes after Muslim officer attacked
By Laila KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials on Monday vowed to swiftly find and prosecute any and all hate-crime suspects after a man threatened to kill an off-duty policewoman wearing...
View ArticleSuspect in Washington pizzeria shooting wanted to save kids: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man charged with firing an assault rifle in a packed Washington pizzeria on Sunday told police he had read online that children were being held as sex slaves there and he...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers seek to fight Trump deportation efforts
By Sebastien MaloNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - California lawmakers planned on Monday to introduce legislation that would help protect undocumented immigrants under the administration of...
View ArticleBavaria is sued in New York over paintings looted by Nazis
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Heirs to the German Jewish art dealer Alfred Flechtheim on Monday sued the German state of Bavaria, seeking the return of eight paintings by Max Beckmann, Juan...
View ArticleHouston Ship Channel reopens after damaged ship moved
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Houston Ship Channel, which links the busiest U.S. petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico, reopened on Monday afternoon after a fire-damaged ship blocking the waterway was...
View ArticleProsecutor in accused New York bomber's case discloses probe of others
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating other domestic suspects in a probe that involves evidence to be used in the case against the man accused of injuring more than two...
View ArticleSchmitt Gets Fine, Community Service
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - After nearly two years of investigation and innuendo, Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt was handed his punishment for breaking Wisconsin's campaign finance laws.Outagamie County Judge...
View ArticleSecurity raised at L.A. rail line after threat warning from foreign country
By Dana FeldmanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal and Los Angeles officials said on Monday they had been alerted by authorities in another country to a "specific" threat against the city's Red Line...
View ArticleCalifornia prepares to fight Trump on immigration, other issues
By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Democrat-controlled California are already laying the groundwork to fight President-elect Donald Trump's conservative populist agenda.On...
View ArticleThreat called in against Los Angeles Red Line commuter rail system: officials
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal and local Los Angeles officials said on Monday a "specific" threat had been called in from another country against the city's Red Line commuter rail system, prompting...
View ArticlePentagon buried study that found $125 billion in wasteful spending:...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Defense Department study that proposed cutting $125 billion in administrative waste from the Pentagon budget was buried amid concerns the findings would give Congress an excuse...
View ArticleFor drivers, drowsiness is as risky as drunkenness: U.S. study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drivers who miss two or three hours of sleep in a day face the same risk of an accident as those who are legally drunk, according to a AAA study on the sometimes-deadly...
View ArticleEnergy Transfer keeps up legal pressure after pipeline defeat
By Mica Rosenberg and Ernest ScheyderWASHINGTON/CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) - The company building the Dakota Access Pipeline turned to a federal judge late on Monday for a permit to finish the job...
View ArticleU.S. fines Seattle 'duck boat' manufacturer in fatal crash
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that built a Seattle amphibious "duck boat" that collided with a charter bus killing five international students in September 2015, has agreed to...
View ArticleWith Dakota Access in limbo, more Bakken crude to move on trains
By Liz HamptonHOUSTON (Reuters) - As oil prices recover and U.S. shale production picks up, energy companies that had planned to ship crude on the Dakota Access Pipeline will turn to rail, a transport...
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