Oklahoma eyes tax hikes as teachers’ strike threatens second week
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – The Oklahoma Senate passed an internet sales tax on Friday to help fund the state’s public schools, but the $20 million measure represents just a fraction of new spending sought by teachers who walked out in protest of a decade…
U.S. would consider more than 4,000 national guards troops at border: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday that it may consider sending more than 4,000 National Guard troops to the border with Mexico and will continue to work with California, which has resisted President Donald Trump’s call to use the re…
U.S. judge upholds Massachusetts assault weapons ban
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday upheld a Massachusetts law banning assault weapons including the AR-15, saying the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment guarantee of Americans’ right to bear firearms does not cover them.
MMA fighter McGregor to appear in New York court on assault charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor was driven to a New York City courtroom on Friday to be arraigned on charges of assault stemming from a melee following a press event for a series of UFC fights to be staged at a Brooklyn a…
MMA fighter McGregor in custody after van-smashing rampage
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor was in custody in New York on Friday, charged with assault and criminal mischief after a van-smashing rampage at a UFC press event in Brooklyn that was caught on video, the New York Police …
Missing children believed dead after California SUV wreck
(Reuters) – Three children missing since their mother drove their vehicle off a California cliff are believed to be dead and search operations are now focused on recovering their bodies from the Pacific Ocean, police said on Thursday.
Oklahoma Senate takes up tax hike to halt week-long teachers’ strike
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma Senate is set to debate a tax hike package on Friday to raise education funds in the hope of halting a week-long strike by its public school teachers, who are some of the lowest-paid educators in the country.
McGregor charged with assault in New York after rampage
(Reuters) – Conor McGregor has been charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief following a rampage at a UFC press event in Brooklyn on Thursday, the New York Police Department has said.
Virgin Galactic tests rocket ship, three years after fatal accident
(Reuters) – Richard Branson’s company Virgin Galactic conducted a supersonic test flight over the Sierra Nevada mountains of its SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship on Thursday, the company said, three years after a fatal accident on an earlier version …
Trump to tap No. 2 official to run U.S. auto-safety agency
(Reuters) – The White House said late Thursday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate a top auto-safety agency official to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as regulators debate reducing planned fuel efficiency increases t…
