Man charged with kidnapping two girls after their mother was killed
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man suspected of abducting two girls from an Austin, Texas-area home, where their mother was found dead, has been arrested in Colorado and charged with kidnapping, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.
Blizzard wallops U.S. Northeast, knocks out power, snarls travel
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A powerful blizzard battered the Northeast on Thursday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people and snarling travel amid a long cold snap that has gripped much of the United States for more than a week and killed …
States with legal pot denounce Sessions’ marijuana crackdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawmakers in U.S. states that have legalized marijuana criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for cancelling a policy that had kept federal prosecutors at bay, saying the move amounted to meddling in states’ affairs and ig…
Court voids Idaho ban on secret farm videos, revives some curbs on probes
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday declared unconstitutional Idaho’s bans on shooting secret videos and lying to enter factory farms to expose animal abuse, but revived other parts of the state’s law to curb undercover probes into the prac…
Puerto Rico sets 90-day target for review of hurricane deaths
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facing mounting criticism that his administration understated the death toll from September’s Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello on Thursday established a 90-day process to review the causes of thousands of recent deaths.
Fierce storm snarls travel, knocks out power in U.S. Northeast
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A powerful blizzard battered the Northeast on Thursday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people and snarling travel amid a long cold snap that has gripped much of the United States for more than a week and killed …
U.S. says Washington state Amtrak derailment damage topped $40 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The damage from a deadly Amtrak train crash in Washington state in December topped $40.4 million, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on Thursday.
Trump administration rescinds Obama-era marijuana enforcement policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide latitude on pursuing…
Metropolitan Museum to charge fixed admission fee for non-New Yorkers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s most popular museums, will start charging a fixed admission fee for out-of-state visitors rather than urge they pay a suggested donation, museum officials announced on …
Trump administration rule would let more Americans drop Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a rule to allow Americans who are self-employed or work for small businesses to buy health insurance that does not comply with all Obamacare requirements in an effort to unwind the 20…
