Frustrated with Trump, green group goes local with clean energy campaign
(Reuters) – U.S. environmental group the League of Conservation Voters on Thursday launched a $2 million campaign to press this year’s candidates for state and local office to embrace clean energy, citing a lack of leadership on the issue in Washington…
Memphis workers reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination 50 years later
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) – A half century ago, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to march in support of the city’s striking sanitation workers. It was the last trip the Baptist minister turned civil rights leader would make in the name of soc…
Jury in trial of Orlando gunman’s widow to resume deliberations
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of the woman whose husband killed dozens at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub in 2016 resume deliberations on Thursday to decide whether she helped him plan the rampage and then misled authorities.
Exclusive: Under Trump, prosecutors fight reprieves for people facing deportation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration has sharply curtailed a once-common practice of granting long-term reprieves to immigrants targeted for deportation, a Reuters analysis of court records shows, adding to an already huge backlog of cases in …
U.S. judge to hear last arguments before Cosby sex assault retrial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby and prosecutors who accuse him of sexually assaulting a former staffer at his alma mater Temple University are due in a Pennsylvania court on Thursday for rulings on issues including what witnesses may sp…
Oklahoma approves tax hike to avert teachers’ strike
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Senate on Wednesday approved legislation for the first major tax increase in a quarter century to help fund pay raises for teachers and avert a strike.
Uber reaches settlement with family of autonomous vehicle victim
TEMPE, Ariz. (Reuters) – The family of a woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with the ride services company, ending a potential legal battle over the first fatality caused by an au…
Former FBI agent charged with leaking classified information
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former Minnesota FBI agent with leaking classified information to the online news site The Intercept, Minnesota Public Radio reported on Wednesday.
Police say eight family members were in car that went off California cliff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A sports utility vehicle that hurtled off a roadside cliff along the Northern California coastline earlier this week was likely carrying all eight members of a Washington state family, police said on Wednesday.
Michigan university paid firm to monitor Nassar victims’ social media: report
(Reuters) – A public relations firm billed Michigan State University for more than $500,000 for January as it tracked social-media activity surrounding the case of convicted physician Larry Nassar that often included the accounts of his sexual assault …
