Texas to execute man convicted of killing woman during 2010 burglary
A man convicted of shooting a 61-year-old grandmother to death as he and his accomplice burglarized her home during a week-long crime spree in 2010 is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday in Texas.
Many U.S. farmers fume at Washington, not Trump, over biofuel, trade policies
American farmers helped elect President Donald Trump in 2016 on hopes he would shake up Washington and turn around a struggling agricultural economy, but many of his policies have actually stung farmers, notably his trade war with China and biofuel wai…
Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has ‘broken’ border courts
On the day she was set to see a U.S. immigration judge in San Diego last month, Katia took every precaution.
NRA sues San Francisco over ‘terrorist organization’ label
The National Rifle Association (NRA) sued San Francisco on Monday, saying a declaration by the city’s Board of Supervisors that officials should limit businesses linked to the NRA because it is a “terrorist organization” was effectively a blacklist.
NRA sues San Francisco over city’s ‘terrorist organization’ label: media
The National Rifle Association (NRA) sued San Francisco on Monday after the recent declaration by the city’s Board of Supervisors that the NRA is a terrorist organization, media reported.
Southern U.S. states have closed 1,200 polling places in recent years: rights group
States across the American South have closed nearly 1,200 polling places since the Supreme Court weakened a landmark voting-discrimination law in 2013, according to a report released by a civil-rights group on Tuesday.
Bankrupt Philadelphia refiner paid executives millions in bonuses just after fire: documents
Executives of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery were paid roughly $4.5 million in retention bonuses after a summer fire that led to the plant’s closure and before the company filed for bankruptcy a few weeks later, court documents show.
Seven U.S. states, District of Columbia sue to block SEC rule change
Seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Monday sued to block rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would allow brokers to recommend products that benefit them as long as they disclose the conflict.
Criminal investigation opens into fire aboard California dive boat: source
Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fire on a California dive boat that killed 34 people in one of the state’s worst maritime disasters, a law enforcement source said on Monday.
Chinese woman in Mar-a-Lago trespassing case: ‘I don’t know why I’m here’
A Chinese national arrested for bluffing her way onto U.S. President Donald Trump’s Florida resort went on trial acting as her own attorney on Monday, telling jurors in her brief opening statement, “I don’t believe I did anything wrong.”
