U.S. Powerball jackpot grows to $403 million, tenth largest ever
(Reuters) - The jackpot in the U.S. lottery Powerball grew to $403 million before the drawing on Wednesday, making it the 10th largest in the game's history.The drawing is scheduled for 10:59 p.m. ET...
View ArticleFebruary Is National Children's Dental Health Month
Undated ( Illinois News Connection) - February is National Children's Dental Health Month and parents are being reminded of the importance of avoiding tooth decay because it can have long-term...
View ArticleRejecting 'noxious' prejudice, U.S. top court backs black death row inmate
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court gave a Texas death row inmate a chance to avoid execution on Wednesday, with Chief Justice John Roberts denouncing the "noxious strain of...
View ArticleA girl named Ehlena and a dog named Wonder win at U.S. Supreme Court
By Andrew Chung(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a disabled Michigan girl whose school refused to let her bring her service dog to class, making it easier for students like her...
View ArticleTrump expected to revoke rules on transgender bathrooms: draft document
By Daniel Trotta(Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump's administration was expected to revoke landmark guidelines issued to public schools in defense of transgender student rights, according to...
View ArticleACLU sues Milwaukee, widening challenge to police stop-and-frisk
By Julia HarteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union sued on Wednesday to halt Milwaukee's stop-and-frisk policy, a nationally controversial policing practice that critics say...
View ArticleMichigan city to allow mosque, settle lawsuits alleging bias
By David Ingram(Reuters) - The Sterling Heights City Council in eastern Michigan has approved a stalled proposal to build a mosque, a necessary step to settle discrimination lawsuits from Muslim...
View ArticleMuslims raise $78,000-plus for vandalized Jewish cemetery in Missouri
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Muslim Americans have helped raise more than $78,000 to repair vandalized headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, according to an online fundraising page, amid...
View ArticleBattery failure in vehicles top concern for U.S. owners: study
(Reuters) - Battery failure in vehicles dogged U.S. drivers in the first three years of ownership, according to J.D. Power's 2017 dependability survey released on Wednesday.The survey of 2014 models...
View ArticleDylann Roof stopped at second church after 2015 massacre -prosecutors
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Dylann Roof drove to another African-American church after killing nine black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina, a sign he intended to carry out...
View ArticleThousands still forced from homes by flooding in California tech hub
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - The mucky water flooding a section of San Jose in Northern California forced officials on Wednesday to widen the area under mandatory evacuation orders, with about 14,000...
View ArticleMan charged in two cold-case Brooklyn murders of teenagers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 38-year-old man has been charged with the high-profile murder and dismemberment of a 19-year-old Brooklyn resident in 2005 and the killing of a teenage girl a year earlier,...
View ArticleJudge bars investors from collecting on $300 million clerical error
By Jim Christie(Reuters) - A judge has crushed the hopes of a group of investors in Ultra Petroleum Inc, a bankrupt natural gas company, who had sought to collect a $300 million windfall because a...
View ArticleU.S. Homeland Secretary Kelly warns Guatemalans to stay home
By Luis EcheverriaGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday told Guatemalans not to waste their money trying to get to the United States illegally, detailing...
View ArticleRevised Chicago school budget approved, $111 million gap remains
By Karen PierogCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday approved a revised budget that incorporates unpaid furlough days and other cost-cutting measures to save $104 million to...
View ArticleWhite House delays revamped immigration order to next week: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has pushed back the release of a new executive order to replace its directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries,...
View ArticleProtecting Trump Tower cost NY City $24 million from election to inauguration
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - It cost New York City about $24 million to provide security at Trump Tower, President Donald Trump's skyscraper home in Manhattan, from Election Day to Inauguration...
View ArticleSmall earthquake shakes northwest Washington state
(Reuters) - An 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Washington state on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.The quake was recorded 75 miles (120 km) west of Seattle,...
View ArticleFlorida man accused of Clinton Foundation hack to plead guilty
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Florida man accused of trying to hack the Clinton Foundation in 2015 is expected to plead guilty on Thursday, months after he was sentenced in a related case to 42...
View ArticleEx-Comverse CEO who fled to Namibia faces U.S. fraud sentencing
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chief executive officer of Comverse Technology Inc, who returned to the United States last year after spending a decade in Namibia to avoid prosecution,...
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