By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Democratic former President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned that “more people are going to get hurt” unless the U.S. political climate changes, after the husband of the Speaker of the House was attacked by a man wielding a hammer. A 42-year-old man has been charged with breaking into the home …
Obama warns ‘more people are going to get hurt’ if political climate persists Read More »
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) late on Wednesday said it was mandating U.S. DHC-3 operators quickly conduct inspections after a fatal crash in Washington state killed 10 in September. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) last week issued an “urgent safety recommendation” asking the FAA and Transport Canada …
FAA orders quick U.S. DHC-3 seaplane inspections after fatal crash Read More »
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school, was formally sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after listening to hours of anguished testimony from survivors and victims’ relatives. A jury voted last month to spare Cruz, 24, the death penalty, instead …
Florida school mass shooter sentenced to life in prison Read More »
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Wednesday said they have taken down a nationwide ring to steal thousands of catalytic converters from cars and trucks, charging 21 people and seizing millions of dollars in assets. Various defendants were accused in separate indictments unsealed in Sacramento, California, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, of crimes such as …
U.S. announces takedown of massive catalytic converter theft ring Read More »
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The U.S. Capitol Police said on Wednesday it would conduct an internal review after its officers failed to notice surveillance camera images of an intruder breaking into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That intruder, identified by police as David Wayne DePape, is accused of hitting Paul …
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Beauty pageant operator Miss United States of America LLC cannot be forced to allow transgender women to compete because doing so would interfere with its ability to express “the ideal vision of American womanhood,” a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
U.S. beauty pageant can exclude transgender contestants, court rules Read More »
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. jury began deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of Tom Barrack, the onetime private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, on charges that he acted as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates and lied to federal investigators. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn last …
Jury weighs whether Trump ally Barrack was a foreign agent and lied about it Read More »
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday ordered officials to disallow mail-in ballots with the wrong date marked on the envelope, potentially throwing out numerous votes in close races that could determine control of the U.S. Congress in elections next week. The ruling is a win for Republicans, who filed the case and who have …
Mail-in Pennsylvania ballots with incorrect dates will be saved but not counted – court Read More »
By Scott DiSavino and Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – This winter the U.S. Northeast faces its highest energy costs in more than 25 years due to tight heating oil supplies and fierce global competition for liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes. Throughout 2022, consumers have been socked with higher costs for everyday items, including groceries and gasoline. …
Frigid winter? New Englanders will pay through frozen noses for oil and gas Read More »
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump and his namesake company have settled a lawsuit by protesters who said his security guards violently attacked them while they were demonstrating outside Trump Tower in September 2015 over his statements about immigration. Trump, the Trump Organization and the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss the seven-year-old lawsuit …
Trump settles lawsuit over alleged assaults at Trump Tower protest Read More »
