For California community in dam's shadow, troubles go back decades
By Robin Respaut(Reuters) - For nearly 50 years, the Oroville Dam has provided a water lifeline to residents across the state of California. But for the community in its shadow, the dam has been a...
View ArticleIllinois governor raises prospect of tax hike in budget speech
By Dave McKinney and Karen PierogCHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said on Wednesday he will entertain tax measures to address the state's deep financial woes but continued to tie his...
View ArticleU.S. investment banker gets 11 years in prison for stock scam
By Nathan Layne(Reuters) - A former Los Angeles investment banker was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday for his role in a stock manipulation scheme, resolving...
View ArticleSouthern Poverty Law Center says U.S. hate groups increased in 2016
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a report released on Wednesday that hate groups in the United States proliferated in 2016 as Donald Trump's bid for...
View ArticleRobert Durst of 'The Jinx' sees old friend testify in murder case
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Robert Durst, the real estate scion tied to several slayings explored in HBO's series "The Jinx," faced an old friend on Wednesday who testified in Los...
View ArticleU.S. says arrest of Mexican immigrant part of existing policy
By Kristina Cooke and Dan LevineSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday said the arrest of a Mexican man who had permission to work in the country was consistent with a...
View ArticleWoman in Fox sexual harassment case receives subpoena: lawyer
By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have subpoenaed one of the women who claims she was sexually harassed by former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, and compelled her to testify before a...
View ArticleKey Senate committee chairman wants briefing on Flynn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday to send the committee...
View ArticleWorkers at Boeing's South Carolina plant reject union
By Alwyn Scott and Harriet McLeodSEATTLE/NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Boeing Co handily defeated a union drive by workers at the company's aircraft factory in South Carolina on Wednesday, as...
View ArticlePhoenix city council rejects bid to become 'sanctuary city'
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday rejected a bid to declare the large southwestern U.S. municipality a "sanctuary city" despite vocal cries to protect...
View ArticleAppeals court rejects NYC Mayor de Blasio's water bill credit
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A divided appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday rejected New York City's plan to give small homeowners a $183 credit on their water and sewer bills, a defeat...
View ArticleCon Edison reaches $153 million settlement over fatal 2014 Harlem blast
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Consolidated Edison Inc has reached a $153.3 million settlement with New York State stemming from a 2014 natural gas explosion in the East Harlem section of...
View ArticlePort Authority approves $32 billion capital plan for New York, New Jersey
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey signed off on a $32.2 billion, 10-year capital plan on Thursday, including funding to replace its main Manhattan bus...
View ArticleTennessee man convicted of plot to attack Muslim community
(Reuters) - A Tennessee man was found guilty on Thursday of plotting in 2015 to round up a militia and burn down a mosque, school and cafeteria in the upstate New York community of Islamberg, which is...
View Article'Why should Americans trust you?' Trump asked
By James OliphantWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a heated moment during his unconventional and combative news conference on Thursday, President Donald Trump’s command of the facts was openly challenged by a...
View ArticleDurst of 'The Jinx' HBO series admitted to killing confidante, old friend...
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Robert Durst, the real estate scion tied to several slayings explored in HBO's series "The Jinx," privately confessed to a friend in 2014 that he killed a...
View ArticleJudge orders Illinois to continue to pay state workers
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) - Illinois state workers will continue to be paid without a state budget in place after a judge on Thursday refused to rescind his previous order requiring payments.St. Clair...
View ArticleMichigan art dealer gets 3-plus years in prison for forgeries
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Michigan art dealer was sentenced on Thursday to more than three years in prison for engaging in what prosecutors said was an extensive scheme to sell fake works...
View ArticleChina scientist convicted in U.S. of theft of engineered rice
(Reuters) - A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Chinese scientist in Kansas of conspiring to steal samples of a variety of genetically engineered rice seeds from a U.S. research facility, the U.S....
View ArticleSouth Carolina white supremacist dreamed of Roof-style attack: FBI
(Reuters) - A white supremacist in South Carolina dreamed of carrying out an attack in the style of church massacre shooter Dylann Roof but was arrested after he illegally bought a gun from an...
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