Lawsuit accuses Flint mayor of trying to redirect water crisis donors to...
(Reuters) - A former administrator in Flint, Michigan, charged in a federal lawsuit on Monday that she was fired for seeking a probe into allegations the mayor tried to redirect donations to her...
View ArticleNew York, New Jersey officials urge permitting reform for transportation...
By Hilary Russ(Reuters) - The executive director of New York City's biggest regional transportation authority urged reforms of the nation's environmental review process for infrastructure projects on...
View ArticleBison officially designated as national mammal of U.S.
By Laura ZuckermanSALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - North America's bison, a living emblem of the Western frontier that roamed the continent by the millions before being hunted to near extinction in the late...
View ArticleKansas City detective dies after being shot during carjacking
(Reuters) - A Kansas City police detective died on Monday after he was shot while trying to prevent a carjacking near the Kansas Speedway racetrack, authorities said.The detective died from his...
View ArticleMachinists vote to strike at Triumph plant supplying Boeing, Airbus
By Alwyn ScottSEATTLE (Reuters) - Machinists at a Triumph Group Inc factory that supplies parts for Boeing, Airbus and other aircraft makers voted on Monday to strike after rejecting the company's...
View ArticleKansas defends latest funding fix to keep schools open
(Reuters) - Kansas defended its new school funding fix on Tuesday before the state supreme court, which must determine if the law complies with a February order to equitably distribute state money and...
View ArticleThune asking Facebook to answer alleged conservative bias
Washington, DC (KELO-AM) South Dakota U.S. Senator John Thune (R) wants answers from Facebook on allegations its Trending Topics feature suppresses conservative stories.Some unnamed former Facebook...
View ArticleSouth Dakota to feel the "Bern"
Undated, SD (KELO-AM) Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders will stump South Dakota on Thursday May 12, becoming only the second candidate to visit the state this presidential season.Vermont...
View ArticleUber to offer union representation to New York City drivers
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - Uber [UBER.UL] will join with the International Association of Machinists to launch an independent guild to represent drivers of the ride-hailing service in New...
View ArticleU.S. will not seek death penalty against Benghazi attack suspect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in the case against Abu Khatallah, the man charged in the 2012 attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, according...
View ArticleDating site matches Americans fleeing Trump with Canadians
TORONTO (Reuters) - A dating website is pledging to match Americans who can't live with a Donald Trump presidency to Canadians looking for love, facilitating the pledge often made by U.S. voters to...
View ArticleIn the Bronx, New York, minor prosecutions can drag on for years: lawsuit
By Karen FreifeldNEW YORK (Reuters) - People arrested in the Bronx borough of New York City for low-level offenses such as shoplifting or marijuana possession can wait years for a trial, public...
View ArticleMaryland brothers indicted in officer's friendly fire death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A grand jury indicted three Maryland brothers on 121 charges in a police detective's death in a gunfight allegedly started by one brother and videotaped by the others, a...
View ArticleTwo deputies charged in San Francisco over videotaped beating
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two San Francisco-area sheriff's deputies were charged with felony assault on Tuesday in connection with the beating of a suspect last year that was captured...
View ArticleNorth Carolina transgender battle could expand civil rights law
By Daniel Trotta and Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - The legal battle over transgender rights between the state of North Carolina and the U.S. government has moved the country closer to settling one of the...
View ArticleJudge blocked underage sex claim from New Hampshire trial: documents
By Ted Siefer(Reuters) - A former New Hampshire prep school student convicted of luring an underage classmate into a sexual encounter had a roommate from a prominent family who was alleged to have...
View ArticlePennsylvania state senator, Democratic official charged in vote-buying scheme
(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania state Senator and a Democratic Party official were charged in a federal indictment for their involvement in a bribery and fraud scheme related to a 2011 election for a...
View ArticleFormer Illinois congressman requests to plead guilty in tax case
By Justin MaddenCHICAGO (Reuters) - Mel Reynolds, a former U.S. congressman from Illinois who has had numerous legal troubles, wants to plead guilty to federal income tax charges, he told a judge in a...
View ArticleNew York sued over anti-farm union law, refuses to defend it
By Marcus E. HowardNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not defend a state law that excludes farmworkers from the right to unionize, hours after the state was...
View ArticleColorado inmate files first claim of paternity in Prince's estate
By Steve Gorman(Reuters) - A man serving time in federal prison in Colorado has come forward claiming he is the biological son and legal heir of the late pop star Prince, marking the first paternity...
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