Accused El Paso mass shooter charged with 90 counts of federal hate crimes
A Texas man accused of deliberately targeting people of Mexican heritage in a shooting rampage that killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart store last year was charged on Thursday on 90 counts of federal hate crimes.
Texas executes man accused of killing five family members
Texas on Thursday executed a man who was convicted for shooting and killing his 29-year-old wife and his two daughters, as well as his father-in-law and sister-in-law, shortly after smoking crack in 2002.
Trump halts support for Yucca Mountain, Nevada nuclear waste dump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he opposes the long-delayed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada, reversing his policy on a project on which the United States has spent billions of dollars over decades but never opened.
U.S. appeals court will not reconsider net neutrality repeal ruling
A U.S. appeals court said late on Thursday it will not reconsider an October ruling that largely upheld the repeal of landmark net neutrality rules, rejecting requests by 15 U.S. states, and tech and advocacy groups.
Coach tells U.S. jury he never wanted Michael Avenatti to hold Nike press conference
The youth basketball coach who hired Michael Avenatti to represent him in negotiations with Nike Inc said at the celebrity lawyer’s extortion trial on Thursday he became “very, very upset” upon learning that Avenatti planned to publicize his corruption…
Kobe Bryant memorial planned at Lakers’ home arena: report
Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, killed with eight others in a helicopter crash last month, will be honored at a public memorial service planned for Feb. 24 at the Staples Center, the team’s home arena and scene of many of his greatest basketball …
Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $750 million in New Jersey talc case
Johnson & Johnson was ordered on Thursday by a New Jersey state jury to pay punitive damages of $750 million to four plaintiffs who allege that the company’s Baby Powder caused their cancer, a ruling that will be reduced to around $185 million because of state laws, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs and the company.
Trump administration limits New Yorkers’ access to travel passes
The Trump administration has restricted New Yorkers’ access to several programs that allow faster security checks when they enter the United States, widening a dispute over a New York state law limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement….
U.S. House Democrats propose electric vehicle charging network
Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday unveiled legislation that would create a nationwide electric vehicle (EV) charging network to promote the shift from gasoline-powered vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
R. Kelly’s sexual abuse trial in New York delayed to July
A federal judge on Thursday delayed R. Kelly’s racketeering, sexual abuse and bribery trial in Brooklyn, New York to July 7, so it would not conflict with the singer’s upcoming trial in a separate Chicago case.
