Wildfires rage in Colorado as weather conditions deteriorate
DENVER, Colo. (Reuters) – At least a dozen wildfires were raging on Friday in drought-stricken portions of Colorado where hundreds of residents have been evacuated as a wave of prime wildfire weather conditions moves through the U.S. West.
Protestors, lawmaker arrested in Senate building sit-in over immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some 600 protestors were arrested during a clangorous occupation of a U.S. Senate office building in Washington on Thursday, where they decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s “zero- tolerance” stance on illegal immigration.
Maryland shooting suspect battled newspaper in court and lost
(Reuters) – The 38-year-old man suspected of killing five people at the offices of a Maryland newspaper group on Thursday had a long-running feud with Capital Gazette, attacking the Annapolis-based family of publications in the courts and on social med…
Melania Trump visits Arizona migrant shelter as protests mount
PHOENIX (Reuters) – First lady Melania Trump made a second trip on Thursday to view facilities housing children brought illegally across the border with Mexico and who have yet to be reunited with their parents after the Trump administration reversed i…
Gunman angry at Maryland newspaper kills five in targeted attack
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) – A man who had a long-running feud with an Annapolis newspaper blasted his way through its newsroom with a shotgun on Thursday, killing at least five people in one of the deadliest attacks recorded on a U.S. media outlet, auth…
Conservative lawyers steer Trump on Supreme Court pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will be advised by a small group of deeply conservative lawyers, some inside the White House and at least one from outside, on choosing a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy…
Maryland shooting shakes local newspapers that cultivate community ties
(Reuters) – About two hours after the shooting in a Maryland newspaper office that killed five people on Thursday, a small newsroom in Ogden, Utah received a telephone call from a man asking about the ideological bent of the newspaper.
Minnesota regulator approves rebuild of Enbridge pipeline
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) – A Minnesota regulator on Thursday approved a certificate of need for Enbridge Inc to rebuild its Line 3 oil pipeline, angering environmentalists but offering hope to Western Canadian oil producers that have struggled to move…
Gunman kills at least five, injures others in Maryland newsroom
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) – A man brandishing a long gun walked into the office of a small newspaper in Maryland on Thursday and killed at least five people in an attack that led police to beef up security at media outlets in other cities as a precautio…
California lawmakers approve data-privacy bill opposed by Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed data privacy legislation aimed at giving consumers more control over how companies collect and manage their personal information, a proposal that Google and other big companie…
