Judge refuses to dismiss 'Bridgegate' complaint against New Jersey's Christie
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a citizen's criminal complaint against Governor Chris Christie over the "Bridgegate" scandal but ordered a lower court...
View ArticleIllinois man sues police over flag burning arrest
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois man is suing members of a local police department alleging his rights were violated when he was arrested last year after he posted photos of himself...
View ArticleSpearfish Canyon Park not a done deal
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - There's some local resistance to a planned state park in Spearfish Canyon admits the Secretary of the Game, Fish and Parks.During budget hearings today before the Joint...
View ArticleU.S. in deal to reform Baltimore police after Freddie Gray death
By Donna OwensBALTIMORE (Reuters) - The city of Baltimore will enact a series of police reforms including changes in how officers use force and transport prisoners under an agreement with the U.S....
View ArticleU.S. targets NYC Board of Elections in voter purge lawsuit
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday asked a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York to let it join a private lawsuit seeking to stop New York City's Board of Elections...
View ArticleJail guards at New York's Rikers Island sentenced for beating, cover-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three guards at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail complex will serve time behind bars in connection with the beating of an inmate and a subsequent cover-up effort,...
View ArticleVote opens way for federal financing of Amtrak's $24 billion renovation plan
By Hilary RussNEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - The board overseeing the $24 billion Gateway Program to rebuild portions of Amtrak rail lines through New York City voted on Thursday to enter the first phase of...
View ArticleNew York's public authorities have $13,487 debt for every state resident
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State's public authorities including the Dormitory Authority, the Empire State Development Corp and the Thruway Authority have $267 billion of total debt...
View ArticleStorms ease California drought as reservoirs fill up
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Several months of wet weather have dramatically eased California's years-long drought, replenishing reservoirs and parched aquifers and forcing state water officials to...
View ArticleLouisiana man pleads guilty to threatening shooting at D.C. pizzeria
(Reuters) - A Louisiana man pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal charge that he threatened to carry out a shooting at a Washington D.C. pizzeria near another restaurant where days earlier a man...
View ArticleOne dead as ice storm targets central United States
(Reuters) - A winter storm bringing icy rain to the Great Plains and Midwest claimed the life of a Missouri woman on Friday, prompted the delay of an NFL football game and threatened power outages and...
View ArticleExplosions and fire erupt at Detroit bus terminal
(Reuters) - Firefighters battled a large blaze at a bus terminal in Detroit early on Friday morning, local media reported.The fire broke out at the Detroit Department of Transportation facility on the...
View ArticleSenior VW managers warned not to travel to U.S.: sources
By Jörn Poltz and Andreas CremerMUNICH/BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior Volkswagen managers have been warned not to travel to the United States, legal and company sources told Reuters, after six current and...
View ArticleITC gets permit for Ontario-Pennsylvania Lake Erie power line project
(Reuters) - ITC Holdings Corp said on Friday it received a Presidential Permit from the U.S. Department of Energy allowing its proposed Lake Erie Connector power line project between Ontario and...
View ArticleU.S. House votes to begin repealing Obamacare
By Richard Cowan and Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a...
View ArticleChicago police routinely violated civil rights: U.S. Justice Department
By Timothy Mclaughlin and Renita D. YoungCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police routinely violated the civil rights of people in one of America's largest cities, the U.S. Justice Department said in a...
View ArticleND Legislature asked to study recreational pot
BISMARCK (KCND) - It may be a step toward legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota. State Representative Marvin Nelson of Rolla wants the legislature to study recreational pot.Nelson says he...
View ArticleArmed Arizona motorist fatally shoots state trooper's attacker
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - A passing motorist in Arizona fatally shot a man who had ambushed and wounded a state police officer along an interstate highway on Thursday, authorities said.The...
View ArticleLady Liberty shown as black woman on U.S. coin for first time
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - The United States Mint has unveiled a $100 gold coin featuring an African-American woman as the face of Lady Liberty for the first time in the history of U.S. currency.The...
View ArticleBaby kidnapped from Florida hospital found safe 18 years later
By Letitia SteinTAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A woman who was taken as a baby from a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1998 has been found safe, Florida authorities said on Friday, and the South Carolina...
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