Interior Department pays $139,000 to fix doors in Zinke’s office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Interior spent $139,000 to fix three sets of doors in Secretary Ryan Zinke’s office, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, a move quickly criticized as wasteful by activists.
Los Angeles prosecutors decline to charge police officer in deadly 2015 shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles prosecutors said on Thursday they would not charge a former police officer in the 2015 shooting death of an unarmed man, despite a call by the city’s police chief to do so.
Pennsylvania man signs 16-yr-old out of school, both missing
(Reuters) – A 45-year-old Pennsylvania man signed a 16-year-old girl out of her school 10 times between November and February, and the two have gone missing, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. appeals court in San Francisco will hear net neutrality appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judicial panel said on Thursday that challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the Obama era open internet rules will be heard by an appeals court based in San Francisco.
U.S. says Idaho cannot sell health plans not compliant with Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government agency on Thursday said Idaho could not allow health insurers to sell plans that do not comply with Obamacare, a sign that the Trump administration will enforce the law even as it takes regulatory actions to wea…
Trump meets ‘Doom’ maker and other video game execs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the makers of popular video games “Grand Theft Auto” and “Doom” to discuss what the president believes is a link between video games and violent acts like last month’s school shoot…
Arming Florida school staff could expose them to suits: experts
(Reuters) – A bill passed by Florida lawmakers empowering some personnel in public schools to carry firearms to guard against attacks like last month’s massacre near Miami could expose these employees to potentially costly civil lawsuits, legal experts…
Ex-U.S. House staffer sentenced for cyberstalking lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former staff employee of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ representative to Congress was sentenced to a year and day in prison on Thursday for circulating private, nude photos and videos of the member and her husband, prosecutors said….
Manafort pleads not guilty to second indictment in Virginia, wants jury trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty on Thursday to additional criminal charges ranging from bank fraud to filing false tax returns.
Trump criticizes Oakland mayor as ‘disgrace’ over immigrant warning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Oakland, California, mayor on Thursday for alerting her community to a pending immigration raid, saying her actions prompted federal scrutiny.
