Disney CEO says it will be ‘difficult’ to film in Georgia if abortion law takes effect
Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger told Reuters on Wednesday it would be “very difficult” for the media company to keep filming in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect because many people will not want to work in the U.S. state.
Central U.S. faces high risk of river flooding even as rains ease
Rain-swollen rivers threatened more flooding on Thursday in Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois and Oklahoma, as Tulsa’s mayor warned that the decades-old levee system in his city would be at risk even as waters receded through the weekend.
New Hampshire becomes 21st U.S. state to repeal death penalty
New Hampshire abolished the death penalty on Thursday, becoming the 21st U.S. state to do so, after the state’s Senate voted 16-8 to override the Republican governor’s veto of a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature
U.S. states, rights groups ask court to block bid to divert $1.5 billion toward Trump’s wall
Civil rights groups and 20 states asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump Administration from transferring $1.5 billion that Congress had approved for the military toward building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a court filing.
WarnerMedia will reconsider new productions in Georgia if abortion law takes effect
WarnerMedia will reconsider any new productions in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect, the company told Reuters on Thursday, following similar statements by Walt Disney Co and Netflix.
Republican operative was behind U.S. census citizenship question: filing
The Trump administration concealed evidence that its proposal to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. census was intended to help Republicans draw favorable electoral maps, according to immigrant advocacy groups that sued the administratio…
Former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi dies at 81
Former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, the courtly Mississippi Republican who held leadership positions over some four decades in the Senate, died on Thursday at the age of 81, his successor, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, said in a statement.
‘Good old boy network’ dominates FBI academy, lawsuit claims
Sixteen women filed a lawsuit against the FBI on Wednesday, claiming sexual discrimination and accusing it of running “a good old boy network” in its training program.
Man who set himself on fire near White House has died: officials
A man who set himself on fire near the White House has died of his injuries, the U.S. Park Police said on Thursday.
Alabama set to execute 46-year-old man convicted of killing minister in 1991
A 46-year-old man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas in 1991 is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on Thursday.
