West Virginia teachers end four-day strike after pay raise agreement
(Reuters) – West Virginia teachers on Tuesday ended a four-day strike that had kept more than 277,000 students out of class, after the state’s governor agreed to a 5 percent pay raise.
Trump urges prison reform, not sentencing overhaul after pushback
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for dr…
Russians compromised election systems in seven states: NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence had evidence that voter registration systems or websites in seven states – Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin – were compromised by Russian-backed operatives before the 2016 elec…
Puerto Rico asks Congress for help with delayed disaster relief loan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury has delayed a $4.7 billion post-hurricane loan to Puerto Rico and reduced the amount by more than half, and the resulting financial strain threatens to disrupt essential services, the island’s governor said in a l…
U.S. congressional Republicans reject new limits on guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they would not raise the minimum age for gun buyers, in a sign that one of President Donald Trump’s proposals likely will not get far on Capitol Hill after a deadly Florida …
Mississippi moves closer to banning abortions after 15 weeks
(Reuters) – Mississippi moved a step closer on Tuesday to passing the United States’ most restrictive abortion law when a state Senate committee approved a bill banning most procedures after 15 weeks of gestation.
Pennsylvania court hears closing arguments in trial of mayor
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The long-serving mayor of Pennsylvania’s third-most populous city, on trial on charges that he shook down vendors for campaign funds, is a dedicated public servant brought down by corrupt aides, his lawyer told a federal cour…
Russian operatives compromised election systems in seven states in 2016: NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence had evidence that voter registration systems or websites in seven states – Alaska, Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas, Florida and Wisconsin – were compromised by Russian-backed operatives before the 2016 elec…
Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President’s Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secre…
‘It’s a lifestyle’: Teens at Florida shooting club defend guns
SUNRISE, Fla. (Reuters) – Reanna Frauens, a lifelong gun enthusiast and a proud member of the Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club, is about the same age as many of the 17 victims killed by a shooter with an assault rifle at a Florida high school about a dozen miles away.
