Benghazi attack organizer gets 22-year sentence in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the organizer of the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on U.S. diplomatic compounds in Benghazi, Libya, was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years in prison on terrorism and other charges, the Justice Department said…
U.S. states sue EPA, Pruitt for rolling back climate change rule
(Reuters) – A group of U.S. states led by New York sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, accusing Administrator Scott Pruitt of trying to illegally roll back limits on the use of climate change pollutants known as hydrofluorocarbons.
U.S. House rejects compromise bill on border family separations
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a “compromise” immigration bill on Wednesday, as expected, that would have addressed the crisis of families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Justice Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court’s pivotal vote, to retire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said on Wednesday he plans to retire after three decades as a pivotal vote on the highest U.S. judicial body, giving President Donald Trump an opportunity to make the court more firmly conser…
Man charged with U.S. hate crimes after killing at Virginia rally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man who was charged with killing a counter-protester during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year has also been charged by federal authorities with hate crimes and could face the death penalty, the U….
Homicide charge for Pittsburgh police officer who shot black teen
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania prosecutors on Wednesday charged an East Pittsburgh police officer with homicide in the shooting death last week of an unarmed black teenager, the latest in a string of U.S. police killings of black men that has sparked nationw…
U.S. Democrats take stock after party leader’s House upset
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democrats searched for meaning on Wednesday in the shocking upset of U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley, a member of the Democratic House leadership, by a 28-year-old liberal organizer in a New York primary ahead of November’s midt…
Former Fox News executive Shine top candidate for White House job: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Fox News executive Bill Shine is a leading candidate to become the next White House communications director, according to multiple media reports on Wednesday.
Madoff trustee defeats U.S. appeals court challenge to his authority
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked new litigation against the estate of a Florida investor accused of helping Bernard Madoff commit fraud, after the estate had reached a $7.2 billion settlement to benefit Madoff’s custome…
Man charged with hate crimes for killing at 2017 Virginia rally: U.S. Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man who killed a counter-protester during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year was charged with hate crimes in federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
