Illinois judge rejects lawsuit challenging abortion coverage expansion
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois law expanding state-funded coverage of abortions for low-income Medicaid recipients was set to go into effect next month after an Illinois judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by abortion opponents seeking to block it.
State governor approves local control plan for Philadelphia schools
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Public schools in Philadelphia, the 8th largest school district in the United States, will begin a return to local control on July 1 following approval this week by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and his Education Secretary….
New York to cross milestone in decades-long drop in murders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York is on track to record fewer than 300 murders in 2017, a sharp drop from the previous year and a fresh milestone in a decades-long decline that began in the early 1990s, when the annual death toll in the city exceeded 2,000…
Van jumps Seattle sidewalk, hits pedestrians, at least 5 injured
(Reuters) – A van driver who apparently passed out jumped his vehicle onto a downtown Seattle sidewalk, hit pedestrians and crashed into a building on Thursday, injuring at least five people, police said.
US charges Romanians with hacking police cameras before Trump inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged two Romanian nationals, alleging that they hacked the Washington police department’s surveillance cameras days before U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, the Department of Justice sai…
Four people taken to hospital after van jumps Seattle sidewalk
(Reuters) – Four people were taken to a hospital after a van jumped a downtown Seattle sidewalk and crashed into a building on Thursday, the Seattle Fire Department said on its Twitter feed.
U.S. charges two Romanians over alleged hacking of Washington police cameras
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged two Romanian nationals for allegedly hacking the Washington police department’s surveillance cameras as part of a ransomware scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday.
Updated Obamacare enrollment figure dips to 8.7 million
(Reuters) – About 8.7 million people enrolled in healthcare plans for 2018 using the federal Obamacare marketplace, according to updated government figures released on Thursday.
Land of the freeze: arctic wave hits U.S. Midwest, Northeast
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Most of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest grappled with a post-Christmas deep freeze on Thursday, with temperatures expected to plunge as low as minus 20 degrees F (minus 29 C) in North Dakota as forecasters warned that the harsh wint…
New York City murders seen dropping below 300 in 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City is on track to record fewer than 300 murders in 2017, marking a steep decline since the early 1990s when the annual death toll exceeded 2,000 people.
