U.S. derivatives regulator slams own agency on international cooperation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the top U.S. derivatives regulator criticized his own agency on Thursday, charging that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has failed to coordinate oversight of...
View ArticleObama warns Trump not to spread details of security briefings
By Jeff Mason and Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama confirmed on Thursday that Donald Trump will get national security briefings ahead of the November election, but he warned...
View ArticleObama defends Iran payment, says was not 'some nefarious deal'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday strongly pushed back against criticism that the administration's payment of $400 million in cash to Iran amounted to ransom in exchange for the...
View ArticleFormer U.S. security officials call Trump comments 'disgraceful'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of former U.S. national security officials, including some who have worked for top Republicans, called Donald Trump's recent comments about NATO, Russia's annexation of...
View ArticleCourt denies North Carolina motion to stay decision on voter ID law
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court issued an order on Thursday denying North Carolina's motion to stay the court's decision last week striking down the state's voter ID law.The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleSan Francisco gangster 'Shrimp Boy' sentenced to life in prison
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco gangster Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison after his conviction on dozens of federal charges, including ordering the murder...
View ArticleThune: Dems playing politics with Zika
UNDATED (KELO-AM) South Dakota U.S. Senator John Thune (R) says that Senate Democrats are playing politics again with the Zika crisis.The Democrats are pushing Congress to return early from summer...
View ArticleSpraying by air for mosquitoes, Florida steps up Zika fight
By Zachary FagensonDORAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida began aerial spraying on Thursday to kill mosquitoes in a Miami neighborhood with the first U.S. spread of the Zika virus that can cause a rare but...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter activist sues Baton Rouge police over arrest
(Reuters) - A prominent activist in the Black Lives Matter movement, DeRay McKesson, on Thursday sued the chief of the Baton Rouge police department and other officials over the arrests of nearly 200...
View ArticleCall to reopen unsolved murder of Louisville civil rights pioneer
By Steve BittenbenderLOUISVILLE (Reuters) - Louisville police said on Thursday they were reviewing a request to reopen the 51-year-old unsolved murder of the city's first female prosecutor, a civil...
View ArticleCalifornia voters could decide future of climate change program
By Rory CarrollSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California voters could decide whether to extend the state's pioneering climate change program beyond 2020 when they go to the polls in two years, an official...
View ArticleNo injuries after nose gear fails on plane in Baltimore: airline
(Reuters) - All passengers and crew safely got off a Southwest Airline plane in Baltimore on Thursday after its nose gear failed as it was leaving its gate, the airline said in a statement. Southwest...
View ArticleTwin infant girls die in Georgia after left in hot car: media
(Reuters) - Twin infant girls died after they were left in a car in northwest Georgia during a hot, humid day on Thursday, Atlanta media reported. The 15-month-old girls were found in a car parked...
View ArticleSouth Dakota motorcycle rally gets back to normal after big 2015
By Kayla GahaganSTURGIS, S.D. (Reuters) - Sturgis, South Dakota, is expecting its annual motorcycle rally to draw only about half of the 1 million people who came for the 75th anniversary last year,...
View ArticleFlorida woman killed in London was retired educator, tennis player: media
(Reuters) - A Florida woman killed in a knife attack in London this week was a mother, a retired special education teacher and an avid tennis player, local and national media said on Friday. Darlene...
View ArticleWATCH: Cost of Trump Visit
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - In a matter of hours thousands of supporters will be gathering at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay to hear from the Republican presidential nominee.Preparations are underway...
View ArticleSouth Carolina girl exposed to brain-eating amoeba faces bleak odds
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - An 11-year-old South Carolina girl has irreparable brain damage after contracting a rare, often-fatal infection caused by an amoeba from a river where she...
View ArticleWATCH: Donald Trump Speaks in GB
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - During a rally in Green Bay Friday evening, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan."I support and endorse our Speaker of the House Paul...
View ArticleState Department official: 8,000 Syrian refugees resettled in U.S
By Julia EdwardsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has taken in 8,000 Syrian refugees since October and is on track to meet President Barack Obama's goal of resettling 10,000 by the end of the...
View ArticleChicago police release video of fatal teen shooting, with gaps
By Mark Weinraub and Tom PolansekCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police released video on Friday that showed the moments before officers killed an unarmed 18-year-old black man last week but failed to...
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