Construction planned to prepare Alaska’s Arctic refuge for oil drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Thursday it would spend $4 million on construction projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in preparation for oil drilling in the nation’s biggest wildlife park.
Yellowstone chief says he is ousted after dispute with Trump administration
PINEDALE, Wyo. (Reuters) – The superintendent of Yellowstone National Park said on Thursday he was being forced from his post after disagreeing with the Trump administration over management of the park’s famed bison herd.
Mississippi Supreme Court says judges cannot ban concealed guns
(Reuters) – A divided Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that some local judges acted unconstitutionally by banning people with enhanced concealed-carry licenses from taking guns into their courthouses.
Sports betting passes New Jersey legislature, moves to governor
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s legislature unanimously passed a bill on Thursday to regulate and tax sports betting at casinos and racetracks, which would make it one of the first states to legalize the activity following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last mon…
U.S. urges judge to toss lawsuit over immigrant children detention
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. government lawyers on Thursday urged a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by a New York civil rights group over what it has called excessively long detention of immigrant children, arguing that the judge has no autho…
Uber driver charged with murder in shooting of Denver passenger
DENVER (Reuters) – A Denver-area driver with the ride-sharing service Uber who police say fatally shot a passenger in his vehicle was charged on Thursday with first-degree murder, prosecutors said.
‘Whitey’ Bulger partner ties ex-New England mob boss to 1993 murder
BOSTON (Reuters) – The ex-partner of convicted Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger testified on Thursday that he witnessed the strangling of a nightclub manager who died in 1993 as the former boss of the New England mafia watched.
U.S. suicide rates see sharp increase from 1999 to 2016: CDC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suicide rates rose in nearly every U.S. state from 1999 to 2016, with the rate spiking by more than 30 percent in half of the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Thursday.
More evacuations ordered as Colorado wildfire spreads
(Reuters) – Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate their homes in southwestern Colorado on Thursday as hot, dry and windy conditions stoked a wildfire that was 90 percent uncontained, federal and local officials said.
Florida shooting survivors sue police over response tactics
ORLANDO, Fla./NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than two dozen survivors of a deadly 2016 Florida nightclub shooting sued the city of Orlando and 30 police officers on Thursday, claiming law enforcement failed to protect their rights during an hours-long hosta…
