U.S. opposes $50 million bail for Turkish-Iranian gold trader
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday opposed a Turkish-Iranian gold trader's request to be released on bail while he awaits trial for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions...
View ArticleWisconsin appeals court grants stay, reinstates right-to-work law
(Reuters) - A Wisconsin state appeals court has reinstated a right-to-work law that was struck down by a lower court that said it was unconstitutional, granting a stay while the earlier ruling is...
View ArticleAccused Romania-based arms trafficker convicted in U.S. terror trial
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Romanian-born man was convicted on Wednesday on U.S. charges that he conspired with two former European officials to sell $15 million worth of weapons to...
View ArticleSouth Carolina governor to sign ban on abortion past 19 weeks
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, Texas (Reuters) - Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Wednesday signed into law a bill banning most abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother's...
View ArticleOklahoma Cherokee tribe leader removed for financial violations
By Lenzy Krehbiel-BurtonTAHLEQUAH, Okla. (Reuters) - An Oklahoma Cherokee tribe has removed its three-term chief after financial irregularities led to accusations that he had, among other things, taken...
View ArticleYoung spellers face off in Scripps National Spelling Bee finals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About four dozen young spellers will face off on Thursday in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee under tougher rules aimed at preventing a third consecutive tie in...
View ArticleKentucky judge rules Louisville can remove Confederate monument
By Steve BittenbenderLOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - The city of Louisville, Kentucky, can remove a 121-year-old monument to Confederate soldiers that critics have objected to as an emblem of slavery, a...
View ArticleChicago immigrant claims U.S. retaliated over her activism
By Fiona OrtizCHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago activist sued U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday alleging they denied renewal of her immigration status in retaliation for her political...
View ArticleClinton email server broke government rules, watchdog finds
NEW YORK | BY JONATHAN ALLENHillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval for her work as U.S. secretary of state, an internal government watchdog said on...
View ArticleBiotech Regeneron replaces Intel as sponsor of Science Talent Search
By Ransdell PiersonNEW YORK (Reuters) - Biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Thursday became the title sponsor of the most prestigious U.S. science competition for high school...
View ArticleOhio legislature votes to allow limited medical marijuana use
By Kim PalmerCLEVELAND (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Ohio on Wednesday approved legislation that would legalize marijuana use for medical purposes under certain circumstances, less than a year after...
View ArticleMan killed, three hurt in shooting at New York rap concert
(Reuters) - At least one person was killed and three wounded on Wednesday in a shooting during a rap concert in New York city, police said, with screaming concertgoers scattering in a chaotic scene...
View ArticleNo Paul Ryan Endorsement....Yet
WASHINTON, DC (WTAQ) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is still not endorsing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The Janesville Republican and Trump were scheduled to speak by...
View ArticleTwo U.S. Navy jets collide off North Carolina, crew safe: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy warplanes collided off the North Carolina coast on Thursday and crashed in the Atlantic, where the four crew were rescued by a commercial fishing boat and flown by...
View ArticleSoftware problem delays Los Angeles flights: FAA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Planes arriving and departing Los Angeles International Airport were delayed on Thursday after a problem with air-traffic control software briefly halted all flights, according...
View ArticleSenate Ag Committee works on GMO labeling
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Vermont's mandatory genetically modified organism labeling law goes into effect July First and Republicans in the U.S. Senate Ag Committee vow take action before...
View ArticleOops! Senator's article tells of phantom meeting with Obama nominee
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch wrote in an opinion piece published on Thursday that his meeting with Merrick Garland failed to change his view that the...
View ArticleTrump vows to undo Obama's climate agenda in appeal to oil sector
By Valerie Volcovici and Emily StephensonBISMARCK, N.D. (Reuters) - Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to roll back some of America's most ambitious...
View ArticleConnecticut's top court upholds ban on death penalty in state
By Scott Malone(Reuters) - Connecticut's top court on Thursday upheld its ban on executions in the state in a decision that will spare the lives of 11 death row inmates.The 5-2 decision by the...
View ArticleMississippi governor to join suit against Obama transgender policy
(Reuters) - Mississippi's Republican governor said on Thursday he planned to join a lawsuit by officials from 11 states to overturn an Obama administration directive that tells schools to let...
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