New York City police to wear body cameras under labor settlement
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City and its largest police union settled on a tentative five-year labor contract on Tuesday that includes salary increases while also agreeing that all...
View ArticleTrump Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch seen in the mold of Scalia
By Andrew Chung(Reuters) - Federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court pick of President Donald Trump, is a conservative intellectual known for backing religious rights and seen as...
View ArticleL.A. police kill man after stabbing rampage leaves three injured
(Reuters) - Los Angeles police on Tuesday shot and killed a man after a stabbing rampage that left three people injured along Sunset Boulevard, a bustling thoroughfare in American's second-largest...
View ArticleActivist ire rises as Dakota pipeline review begins
By Valerie Volcovici and Terray SylvesterWASHINGTON/CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) - Native Americans and activists protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline project expressed alarm on Wednesday after federal...
View ArticlePentagon auditor says U.S. military did not falsify intelligence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon report published on Wednesday found that leaders at U.S. Central Command, which oversees combat operation in the Middle East and South Asia, did not distort or...
View ArticleOne dead, one hurt in U.S. Air Force training accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One person was killed and another hurt during a U.S. Air Force live-fire training accident involving F-16 fighter planes in New Mexico, authorities said on Wednesday.The mishap...
View ArticleTrump blasts media at Black History Month event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump opened a "listening session" on Wednesday for Black History Month by lashing out at one of his favorite targets for derision - the news media -...
View ArticleFour hostages taken, two released at Delaware prison
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - Inmates at a Delaware prison were still holding two correctional staff members hostage on Wednesday night after releasing two others during an uprising at the facility,...
View ArticleAid group joins Massachusetts lawsuit over Trump travel ban
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. anti-poverty group said on Wednesday it is joining a Massachusetts lawsuit to strike down President Donald Trump's travel ban, as the law has blocked overseas partners from...
View ArticleTrump golf club must pay $5.77 million to former members: judge
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday directed a golf club owned by U.S. President Donald Trump to pay $5.77 million to former members who claimed it wrongfully refused...
View ArticleFitch cuts Illinois' credit rating on budget failure
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings on Wednesday dropped Illinois' credit rating by one notch to BBB, citing the state's "unprecedented failure" to enact complete budgets for fiscal years 2016 and...
View ArticleEx-Tenet Healthcare executive accused by U.S. of fraud
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A former senior executive of Tenet Healthcare Corp has been indicted on charges that he participated in a scheme to pay bribes for patient referrals, enabling the U.S....
View ArticleWashington state pipeline disruption jury fails to reach verdict
(Reuters) - A jury weighing charges against an activist behind a coordinated protest that disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude oil into the United States failed to reach a verdict in a...
View ArticleTexas cuts funding to Travis County over 'sanctuary city' policy
By Rory Carroll(Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott made good on his promise to cut $1.5 million in grant money to Travis County after the county sheriff said she would limit her department's...
View ArticleProtesters force UC Berkeley to cancel far-right speaker's speech
(Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday smashed windows, set fires and clashed with police as they forced a right-wing speaker to cancel his...
View ArticleOne prison officer dead after police end inmate uprising in Delaware
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - Police stormed a prison building in Delaware on Thursday to end a hostage standoff by prisoners that left one corrections officer dead and another being protected by...
View ArticleU.S. watchdog agency to review implementation of Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A watchdog agency at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it is planning to review how President Donald Trump's immigration executive order to temporarily suspend travel...
View ArticleU.S. labor market tightening, productivity still weak
By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to tightening labor market conditions that should support...
View ArticleU.S. House Republicans to tackle tax plan later this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans are unlikely to begin tackling tax reform legislation until the summer, after first moving to revamp the nation's healthcare system, House Speaker Paul...
View ArticlePunxsutawney Phil sees shadow, foresees long North American winter
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Pennsylvania groundhog that can supposedly forecast when the North American winter will end, dashed hopes for an early spring on Thursday when...
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