Trump to lift legal threat to states that permit marijuana use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will lift his administration’s plans for a possible crackdown on states that have legalized marijuana after talks with a Colorado senator, the White House said on Friday, an action that undercuts U.S. Attor…
Drunken driving found in family’s fatal cliff-side California wreck
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The woman behind the wheel of an SUV that careened off a coastal roadside cliff in Northern California last month, killing her and seven family members, was driving drunk at the time, police said on Friday.
Trump’s personal lawyer attacked by U.S. prosecutor over privacy claim
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. prosecutor on Friday attacked a claim by President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen that many of the materials seized this week in FBI raids on Cohen’s office and home as part of a criminal investigation…
U.S. agency seeks information on Honda Odyssey asphyxiation death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it is in contact with local authorities and Honda Motor Co in an effort to learn more about the death of a Ohio high school student who died of asphyxiation afte…
U.S. Coast Guard reopens Mississippi River near New Orleans
(Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard said on Friday it reopened the Mississippi River near New Orleans after it was closed due to an oil spill on Thursday.
Turkish banker in U.S. case on Iran sanctions: Unfair to single me out
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Turkish banker convicted of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions told a Manhattan federal judge on Friday it would be unfair to subject their client to a long prison stay, given the “leniency” afforded many large banks a…
Prosecutor attacks Trump personal lawyer over seized files
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. prosecutor on Friday attacked a claim by President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen that many of the materials seized this week in FBI raids on Cohen’s office and home as part of a criminal investigation…
Enforcement of Kentucky abortion law suspended pending ruling
(Reuters) – Kentucky state officials have agreed to hold off enforcing a new law that bans a common abortion procedure from the 11th week of pregnancy until a federal judge rules on a request by a civil liberties group challenging it, according to cour…
Trump pardons ‘Scooter’ Libby, former Iraq war-era Cheney aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned former George W. Bush administration official Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who years ago was convicted of lying in an investigation of the unmasking of a CIA agent.
‘I was scared,’ Cosby accuser says of alleged assault aftermath
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The woman whose accusation brought Bill Cosby to trial in Pennsylvania on sex-assault charges testified on Friday that the comedian drugged and raped her in 2004 and she was terrified to tell anyone for months afterward.
