Judge strikes down California law restricting federal land sales
A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a California law that restricted the U.S. government’s ability to sell or transfer federal lands in the state to private entities, handing a victory to the Trump administration.
FBI confirms suspicious package sent to Tom Steyer
The FBI on Friday said it had recovered a second suspicious package addressed to California billionaire Tom Steyer, a Democrat known for funding ads calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Actor Alec Baldwin arrested over New York parking spot fight
Actor Alec Baldwin, most recently famous for his comic impersonations of U.S. President Donald Trump, was arrested on Friday in New York over a fight for a parking spot, police said.
As U.S. election nears racist fliers, antisemitic graffiti appear
(This Nov. 2 story removes paragraph 10 to correct that former KKK leader David Duke did not publish tweet in 2018 but on Nov. 2 2017)
Citizenship question could hamper U.S. Census response: official
The Trump administration’s decision to ask about citizenship on the 2020 Census questionnaire could undermine the quality of the data by discouraging non-citizens from responding, the U.S. Census Bureau’s chief scientist said.
Harvard defends admission policy as Asian-American bias trial ends
Harvard University defended its admissions policies on Friday against a group accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants in the closing arguments of a trial that could change the role of race in U.S. college admissions.
‘Cool to vote’: Hollywood election telethon aims to get young to polls
Hollywood celebrities will make a push next week to urge young people to the polls in Tuesday’s U.S. elections, when control of Congress and many state governorships are at stake.
Pittsburgh holds last funeral in synagogue shooting for oldest victim
Mourners gathered in Pittsburgh on Friday for the funeral of the last and oldest of 11 victims gunned down in a massacre at a synagogue, capping a week of grieving for the city.
U.S. bomb packages suspect to face charges in New York
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to top Democrats and other high-profile critics of President Donald Trump agreed in a Miami court to be transferred to New York state to face charges and waived his right to a bail hearing in…
U.S. mail bomb suspect agrees to face charges in New York
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to top Democrats and other high-profile critics of President Donald Trump agreed in a Miami court to be transferred to New York state to face charges and waived his right to a bail hearing in…
