U.S. corn plantings top expectations despite floods; prices sink
U.S. farmers planted more corn than expected despite heavy rains and flooding that market watchers had said kept farmers out of the fields for much of the spring, the U.S. government said on Friday.
Graphic video of neo-Nazi killing protestor played in Virginia court
A self-described neo-Nazi wearing prison stripes and the mother of the protestor he killed at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, watched a video at his sentencing hearing on Friday showing his car ramming into the crowd.
Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to ditch ‘Dreamers’ immigration program
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump acted lawfully when he moved to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, a…
U.S. charges New York man who boasted of huge investment returns with fraud
A New York man who boasted of generating returns of 362% in fewer than five years by day-trading Standard & Poor’s 500 futures contracts was charged by U.S. authorities on Friday with defrauding investors out of more than $19 million and spending much of it on luxuries.
Philadelphia refinery workers plan for uncertain future after jobs go up in smoke
At Erin Pub, a classic Irish neighborhood bar in Norwood, Pennsylvania, dozens of Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc’s unionized employees crammed around the bar on Wednesday night, toasting to their friendships after learning that day of plans to close…
U.S. top court to review Montana dispute over religious school subsidies
In a case that could once again test boundaries for the separation of church and state, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide the legality of a Montana state tax credit that could help students attend private schools including religious one…
Supreme Court to hear New Jersey ‘Bridgegate’ appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal concerning the criminal convictions of two former associates of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the so-called Bridgegate scandal that hindered his 2016 presidential candidacy.
Supreme Court to hear U.S. Bancorp pension plan dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider reviving a class action lawsuit against U.S. Bancorp that accused it of mismanaging an employee pension plan in a manner that violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Supreme Court throws out ruling that blocked Florida cross on public land
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lower court ruling that declared that a 34-foot (10 meters) Christian cross standing on public land in Pensacola, Florida violated the U.S. Constitution’s ban on government endorsement of religion.
U.S. rights groups, doctors sue to stop Georgia ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
A group of civil rights organizations, doctors and clinics sued Georgia’s government on Friday to overturn a law passed in March that bans abortions if an embryonic or fetal heartbeat can be detected.
