U.S., ACLU agree on plan to reunite separated immigrant families
The U.S. government has largely reached an agreement with immigrant rights advocates on a revised plan for reuniting hundreds more families separated by border officials after they crossed into the United States from Mexico.
Senate Republicans seek to clarify tax policy for harassment victims
U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday sought to correct a section of President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul that threatened to prevent sexual harassment victims from claiming a tax deduction for the legal costs they incur while pursuing their cases.
Senate adopts resolution backing free press after Trump attacks
The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution affirming support for a free press and declaring that “the press is not the enemy of the people.”
Illness at Ohio Chipotle caused by food-borne bacteria: local officials
A type of bacteria found in meat and pre-cooked food left at unsafe temperatures was responsible for sickening hundreds of people who ate at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Ohio, local health officials said on Thursday.
U.S. will prosecute makers of ‘undetectable’ plastic guns: Sessions
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned on Thursday that anyone who uses a 3-D printer to make an “undetectable” gun will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, a day after his department asked a court not to block the public from downloadi…
In setback for TransCanada, judge orders Keystone XL pipeline review
A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday ordered the U.S. State Department to do a full environmental review of a revised route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, possibly delaying the project’s construction and dealing the latest setback for Canada’s Tr…
Ross and Kocian add names to Nassar victims list
Gymnast Kyla Ross said on Thursday she too was sexually abused by Larry Nassar, becoming the last member of the so-called Fierce Five team that won gold for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics to speak openly about being a victim of the forme…
U.S. bishops urge Vatican, lay investigation into ex-cardinal abuses
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday called for a Vatican-led probe backed by lay investigators into allegations of sexual abuse by former Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who resigned last month.
Newspapers across U.S. rebuke Trump for attacks on press
Hundreds of U.S. newspapers on Thursday launched a coordinated defense of press freedom and a rebuke of President Donald Trump for denouncing some media organizations as enemies of the American people.
On first day of school, Oklahoma girl, 14, stabbed by fellow student
A 14-year-old girl was stabbed multiple times by a fellow boy student at an orientation event on Thursday to mark the first day of a new academic year at a high school in a small town in Oklahoma, police said.
