New Alabama law could shutter two abortion clinics near schools
By Letitia Stein(Reuters) - Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed new abortion restrictions into law on Thursday, limiting the proximity of clinics to public schools and banning a procedure used to...
View ArticleObama administration to issue transgender restroom guidance to schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will tell every U.S. public school district on Friday to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.The letter,...
View ArticleTexas businessman gets year in prison for failed Gambia coup
By Steve Gorman(Reuters) - A Texas businessman convicted of plotting to violate the U.S. Neutrality Act in a failed 2014 bid to overthrow the government of Gambia and install himself as president of...
View ArticleSanders speaks to over 4,000 at SF Convention Center
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Four years of free college, universal health care, and re-distribution of wealth – the staples of the Bernie Sanders campaign echoed through the Sioux Falls convention...
View ArticleObama administration to issue transgender restroom guidance to schools
The Obama administration will tell every U.S. public school district on Friday to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.The letter, signed by officials from...
View ArticleDigital currency firm co-founder gets 10 years in prison in U.S. case
By Nate Raymond and Brendan PiersonNEW YORK (Reuters) - A co-founder of Liberty Reserve, which operated a widely-used digital currency, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday after agreeing to...
View ArticleBathroom mandate disturbs South Dakota leaders
Undated (KELO-AM) South Dakota leaders are blasting the White House transgender directive.The Obama Adminstration is telling all school systems in the nation that they must let students use the...
View ArticleArizona sheriff violated court orders in racial profiling case: judge
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three of his top officials were found to be in civil contempt on Friday after a federal judge ruled that he violated court...
View ArticleWife of Chicago cop charged with murder says he no monster: report
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The wife of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager said her husband is "not the monster" people think he is, the Chicago...
View ArticleNavy officer to face court-martial for spying
By Phil StewartWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy flight officer with knowledge of sensitive American intelligence collection methods will face a general court-martial on espionage charges, the Navy...
View ArticlePfizer blocks its drugs from use in lethal injections
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has taken steps to ensure that none of its products are used in lethal injections, the largest U.S. drugmaker said on Friday."We are enforcing a distribution restriction...
View ArticleAir Force general becomes first woman to lead combatant command
By Idrees AliWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Air Force General Lori Robinson took charge of the U.S. military’s Northern Command on Friday, becoming the first woman to head a U.S. combatant command.The position...
View ArticleConnecticut man, fugitive for 48 years, plans to fight prison time
By Marcus E. HowardNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Connecticut man who was captured this week after spending nearly five decades as a fugitive will ask authorities in the state of Georgia to commute his 17-year...
View ArticleAfter delay, calorie counts to hit U.S. restaurant menus in 2017
By Lisa BaertleinLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. restaurant owners will have an extra five months to post the calorie counts of the food they sell under a new federal deadline of May 5, 2017.The national...
View ArticleLockheed Martin wins $321.8 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unit of Lockheed Martin Corp is being awarded a $321.8 million contract for research and development on the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, the Pentagon said on Friday.The...
View ArticleNew York officer linked to corruption probe dies in apparent suicide
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - A high-ranking New York City police officer who was reportedly questioned as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe took his own life on Friday, police said.Inspector...
View Article'This is America' air traveler says guilty of yanking Muslim's scarf
By Eric M. Johnson(Reuters) - A North Carolina man admitted on Friday that he ripped off a Muslim woman's head scarf during a flight to New Mexico last December after saying, "Take it off! This is...
View ArticleU.S. guidance on school restroom choice opposed by some states
By Colleen Jenkins(Reuters) - Transgender students cheered the Obama administration's directive on Friday requiring U.S. public schools to allow them to use toilets and locker rooms consistent with...
View ArticleFirst $200 admission for a Trump rally; more to come?
By Emily FlitterNEW YORK (Reuters) - The email Donald Trump's campaign sent inviting fans to a rally next week looked familiar: "Meet me in New Jersey!" it urged. But something was different."You will...
View ArticleTwo Mexicans convicted in drug cartel killing in Dallas suburb
By Marice RichterFORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - Two Mexican citizens were convicted by a U.S. jury in Texas on Friday of helping set up an ambush slaying of a suburban Fort Worth attorney who...
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