U.S. Northeast digs out of blizzard as brutal cold bears down
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Street crews in the U.S. Northeast raced through the night into Friday to clear snow-clogged streets after a powerful blizzard and restore power to homes ahead of a brutal cold spell that has killed more than a dozen people …
Alabama woman who accused Roy Moore of sexual abuse sues for defamation
(Reuters) – An Alabama woman who accused former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually abusing her when she was 14 years old sued Moore and his campaign on Thursday for what she said was defamation.
Trump administration to delay Obama-era fair housing rule: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The administration of President Donald Trump plans to delay until 2020 enforcement of a federal rule that requires communities to assess racial segregation in housing and offer plans to correct it, The New York Times reported on …
National Guard responds to blizzard pounding U.S. Northeast
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A powerful blizzard battered the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people and snarling travel amid a cold snap that has gripped much of the United States for over a week and killed more …
Marijuana businesses brace for investment chill as U.S. changes policy
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cannabis businesses across the United States said they are bracing for an investment slowdown following the U.S. Justice Department’s Thursday directive that will allow the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized the drug.
Accused Colorado abortion clinic gunman can be forcibly medicated
DENVER (Reuters) – A man accused of fatally shooting three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015, who was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, can be forcibly medicated in an effort to restore him to competency, an appeals court ruled…
Trump administration drops Obama-era easing of marijuana prosecutions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide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 to pursue c…
U.S. FCC chairman cancels tech event appearance after threats: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has canceled a scheduled appearance next week at a large consumer electronics event in Las Vegas after receiving unspecified deaths threats, two sources briefed on the matt…
States with legal pot denounce federal marijuana crackdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawmakers in U.S. states that have legalized marijuana denounced a move by the Trump administration on Thursday to cancel a policy that kept federal prosecutors at bay from the fledgling cannabis industries and vowed to uphold thei…
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.
