Trump says he could use emergency powers to build border wall
President Donald Trump said on Friday he could use emergency powers to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border without Congress’ approval, threatening to bypass Democratic lawmakers emboldened by their recent takeover of the House of Representatives.
Washington governor to pardon pot crimes, six years after legalization
Washington state will create a streamlined system to pardon people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession before the drug was legal, under an initiative launched on Friday by Governor Jay Inslee, who is considering a run for U.S. president.
Washington D.C. food trucks feel the bite from government shutdown
Looking out from her food truck over a sidewalk left empty in downtown Washington on Friday by the U.S. government’s partial shutdown, Farida Abou Draa said she felt like crying.
JonBenet Ramsey’s brother settles lawsuit with CBS: attorney
The brother of slain Colorado child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey has settled the lawsuit he filed against CBS Corp over a documentary theorizing that he killed her, both sides said on Friday.
Johns Hopkins, Bristol-Myers must face $1 billion syphilis infections suit
A federal judge in Maryland said The Johns Hopkins University, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and the Rockefeller Foundation must face a $1 billion lawsuit over their roles in a 1940s U.S. government experiment that infected hundreds of Guatemalans with syph…
U.S. top court takes up politically charged electoral map disputes
The U.S. Supreme Court is giving itself another chance to make a definitive ruling on the legality of the long-established but often-criticized political practice called partisan gerrymandering in which state legislators draw electoral districts with t…
Two former South Carolina police officers charged in hurricane deaths
Two former South Carolina sheriff’s deputies were charged with involuntary manslaughter on Friday for the deaths of two women who drowned while being transported through floodwaters resulting from September’s Hurricane Florence, court officials said.
Lower Mississippi River traffic closed by grounded vessel
The U.S. Coast Guard said on Friday vessel traffic was closed in the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans, after a deep-draft vessel had grounded.
Five children on way to Disney World among dead in Florida crash
Five Louisiana children traveling to Disney World in a church van were among the seven people who died in a fiery crash involving two tractor trailers traveling in opposite directions in Florida, law enforcement and church officials said on Friday.
Five children among victims of deadly Florida highway crash
Five Louisiana children traveling to Disney World were among the seven people who died in Florida in a fiery crash involving two tractor-trailer trucks traveling in opposite directions, law enforcement officials and local media said on Friday.
