Trump nominates Dow Chemicals lawyer to oversee EPA toxic waste program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday nominated a Dow Chemicals lawyer to head-up an Environmental Protection Agency unit that oversees hazardous waste disposal and chemical spills from toxic “Superfund” sites.
Star gymnast sues U.S. Olympic Committee over Nassar sex abuse
(Reuters) – U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman has sued the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics over decades of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, saying they put “money and medals” before the safety of athletes.
U.S. gun-control group pledges $2.5 million for marches to end school shootings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety said on Friday it will donate up to $2.5 million to support marches around the United States on March 24, the date of a planned March For Our Lives in Washington to demand an end …
Investigators looking at whether Kushner business talks affected U.S. policy: NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal investigators are looking into whether Jared Kushner’s business talks with foreigners, as his father-in-law Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency, later influenced White House policy, NBC News reported on Friday.
High winds, flooding hammer U.S. Northeast; storm due to worsen
BOSTON (Reuters) – Seawater poured onto coastal streets in Boston where businesses were surrounded with flood barriers and sandbags, and waves pounded homes along Massachusetts’s shore as a storm packing heavy winds hit the U.S. East Coast from Maine t…
Alaska, other oil states fight budget deficits for fiscal year 2019
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than three years after the collapse in oil prices, energy-producing states such as Alaska, Oklahoma and Louisiana continue to struggle with budget shortfalls, and fiscal 2019 is no different as lawmakers seek permanent revenue…
Trump’s chief of staff admits errors in ex-aide’s scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff John Kelly on Friday conceded the White House could have better handled a scandal involving senior aide Rob Porter, who resigned last month after allegations by two ex-wives that he ab…
U.S. evangelist Graham ‘followed Jesus all the way to heaven,’ son says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who preached to millions and counseled presidents in his 70-year career, was remembered as a man who loved his family and the Bible at a funeral on Friday attended by President Donald Trump in G…
Trump administration tackling tax violations, securities fraud: Deputy U.S. Attorney General
(Reuters) – Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday laid out the Trump administration’s approach to fighting financial crime, saying the government will focus more heavily on certain tax violations and that it is cracking down on securiti…
Gunman kills two in domestic dispute in Michigan university dorm
(Reuters) – At least two people were shot dead in what authorities said was a domestic issue at a dormitory at Central Michigan University on Friday morning and police were searching for the gunman.
