As court gag order looms, Trump adviser Roger Stone on media blitz
President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone made multiple media appearances in Washington on Thursday, talking freely with reporters before he was set to appear in court on Friday and likely face a gag order from a judge.
U.S. court blocks San Francisco health warning on soda ads
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a win to the American beverage industry which fought the requirements in court.
Polar vortex `just sort of evaporates’ and U.S. Midwest warms up
The polar vortex that locked the U.S. Midwest in sub-zero weather and led to the deaths of at least 21 people will give way to milder, snow-melting temperatures this weekend.
Assault reported by ‘Empire’ actor condemned by family as ‘hate crime’
The family of television actor Jussie Smollett, who plays a gay character on the hip-hop musical drama “Empire,” spoke out on Thursday to condemn the assault he reported suffering in Chicago at the hands of two men yelling racial and homophobic slurs.
Catholic leaders in Texas name around 300 priests accused of abuse
Roman Catholic leaders in Texas on Thursday identified around 300 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children.
Missouri Supreme Court suspends second talc cancer trial in weeks
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday halted an upcoming trial in a case brought by women who claim talc supplied by Imerys Talc America for use in Johnson & Johnson products gave them cancer, saying it wanted to consider a jurisdictional challenge by Imerys.
Over 20 dead in U.S. polar vortex, frostbite amputations feared
Tens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on Thursday as low as minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 49 Celsius) that paralyzed the U.S. Midwest and were blamed for at least 21 deaths.
USW union, Shell agree to raise refinery worker pay by 11 percent: sources
The United Steelworkers union (USW) and Shell Oil Co reached a tentative agreement on Thursday that sources familiar with the deal said would boost pay by 11 percent over three years for 30,000 U.S. refinery, chemical plant and pipeline workers.
U.S. oversight of Chicago Police Department approved under court order
A federal judge on Thursday approved court-appointed oversight of the Chicago Police Department to address a 2017 Justice Department finding of widespread excessive force and racial bias by police officers in the nation’s third-largest city.
USW, Shell agree to raise refinery worker pay by 11 percent: sources
The United Steelworkers union (USW) and Shell Oil Co agreed on Thursday to a pact that will boost pay for 30,000 U.S. refinery, chemical plant and pipeline workers by 11 percent over three years, said sources familiar with the agreement.
