Wisconsin court temporarily halts removal of more than 200,000 names from voter rolls
A Wisconsin appeals court intervened on Tuesday to stop as many as 209,000 names from being scrubbed from the state’s voter registration rolls, in a case voting rights advocates say could impact access to the polls in a key 2020 election state.
Delta flight dumps fuel on L.A. school, 26 treated for minor injuries
A Delta Airlines jet making an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport dumped fuel on the playground of an elementary school in the flight path on Tuesday, inflicting minor injuries on 17 children and nine adults, local and federal autho…
U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to press China on detainees
On the eve of the expected signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the United states and China, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Donald Trump to press Beijing to free detained Americans and U.S. residents.
United pilots re-elect union chairman in big year for contract talks
United Airlines Holdings Inc pilots on Tuesday re-elected Todd Insler as chairman of the United chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association for a term that will include contract negotiations and overseeing the eventual return-to-service of the Boeing 73…
Democrats to vote on sending impeachment charges for imminent Trump trial
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, lawmakers said on Tuesday, clearing the way for a trial set to begin in earnest early next week.
Ben & Jerry’s says ‘happy cows’ lawsuit should be sent out to pasture
Ben & Jerry’s said it does not deceive consumers by saying it used milk and cream from “happy cows” to make its ice cream, and that an environmental advocate’s lawsuit claiming otherwise should be dismissed.
Some 17 children, six adults being treated after plane dumps fuel on Los Angeles school
Firefighters were treating 17 children and six adults for minor injuries on Tuesday after a commercial airliner landing at Los Angeles International airport apparently dumped fuel on their school playground, county fire officials said
Schumer says believes majority of U.S. Senate backs Iran war powers resolution
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he believed a majority of 51 U.S. senators will approve a war powers resolution to block President Donald Trump from further military action, which would be a rebuke of the president’s policy …
Air Force agents raid military landlord’s Oklahoma office, seize computers
Air Force investigators raided the Oklahoma City offices of a major military landlord Tuesday morning, seizing computers and other material, in what the company said was part of an investigation into asbestos contamination.
Six jail guards at New York’s Rikers Island charged with taking bribes, smuggling drugs
U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged six jail guards with taking bribes to smuggle drugs and cellphones into New York City’s infamous Rikers Island, a prison complex officials have vowed to close due to chronic violence and decrepit facilities.
