Congress approves $1.3-trillion spending bill, sends to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress voted early on Friday to approve a $1.3-trillion government funding bill with large increases in military and non-defense spending, sending it to President Donald Trump, who was expected to sign it into law.
Video of police shooting unarmed black man sparks protests in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Newly released video footage of police killing an unarmed black man in a barrage of gunfire in Sacramento, California, left the mayor “horrified” and sparked street protests on Thursday that gridlocked traffic in the stat…
Kentucky Senate passes bill restricting abortion procedure
(Reuters) – The Kentucky Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation on Thursday to ban a common abortion procedure once the patient reaches her 11th week of pregnancy, in what would amount to one of the strictest abortion limits yet in the United State…
Ex-Playboy model tells CNN she ‘was in love’ with Trump
(In this March 22 story, corrects paragraph 16 to say McDougal said she broke up with Trump in April 2007 not 2017.)
U.S. Missile Defense Agency budget boosted to $11.5 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency saw its 2018 budget jump to its highest level on record at $11.5 billion in an appropriations bill on Thursday as the agency’s head said he was exploring the use of armed drones to counteract North…
California mayor ‘horrified’ by video of police fatal shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The mayor of Sacramento, California, said on Thursday he was “horrified” by video showing police officers firing 20 gunshots at an unarmed black man who was slain in the backyard shooting.
Maryland high school shooting victim to be taken off life support: mother
(Reuters) – A 16-year-old girl who was critically wounded this week when she was shot by a fellow student at her high school in Maryland will be taken off life support on Thursday evening, her mother said.
Daughter of Uber autonomous vehicle victim retains lawyer
PHOENIX, Ariz (Reuters) – The daughter of the woman killed by an Uber [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle in Arizona has retained a personal injury lawyer, underlying the potential high stakes of the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle.
California capital’s mayor says he is ‘horrified’ by video of police shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Video showing the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man holding a cellphone in Sacramento, California, left the city’s mayor “horrified,” the official said on Thursday, as protesters gathered to denounce the shooting.
Texas bomber’s roommates released by police after questioning
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Two roommates of the 23-year-old man behind this month’s deadly bombing spree that unnerved Austin have been questioned and released from custody, police in the Texas capital said on Thursday.
