Laws have failed, say Florida survivors in push to limit gun sales
TALLAHASSEE, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people including teenage survivors of last week’s deadly Florida high school mass shooting poured into the state capital Tallahassee on Wednesday demanding that lawmakers limit sales of assault rifle…
Fresh U.S. criminal charges filed in special counsel’s Manafort case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against President Donald Trump’s former senior campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, a court recor…
Billy Graham, preacher to millions, adviser to U.S. presidents, dies at 99
(Reuters) – U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who counseled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 years in the pulpit, died on Wednesday at the age of 99, a spokesman said…
Truck was on tracks despite gates when struck by Amtrak train: U.S. report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A garbage truck was on the tracks despite lowered safety gates when it was struck by a train carrying Republican lawmakers in a fatal crash last month in rural Virginia, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Wedne…
Tyson Indiana pork plant resumes operations after two-day shutdown
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Tyson Foods Inc’s hog processing plant in Logansport, Indiana returned to normal operations on Wednesday after resolving a production-related problem that idled the facility since midday on Monday, a company representative said.
Trump signals he’s open to mileage tax with praise of Oregon program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday praised an experimental program in Oregon that charges a mileage tax to volunteer drivers, adding to signals that President Donald Trump is open to finding new revenue sources to pay for his proposed …
New U.S. criminal charges filed under seal in Manafort case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against President Donald Trump’s former campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, a court record seen …
Number of U.S. hate groups jumps 20 percent since 2014: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. hate groups rose again in 2017, during President Donald Trump’s first year in office, and has surged 20 percent since 2014, a U.S. civil rights watchdog said on Wednesday.
Florida school massacre survivors push lawmakers for assault gun ban
TALLAHASSEE, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of teenaged survivors of the second-deadliest public school shooting in U.S. history marched on Florida’s capital on Wednesday to ask lawmakers to ban sales of assault rifles of the sort used to kill 17 s…
U.S. top court refuses to widen whistleblower protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to broaden protections for corporate insiders who call out misconduct, throwing out a lawsuit brought against a real estate trust by a former employee who had reported alleged wrongdoin…
