Lawsuits challenge Electoral College system in four U.S. states
BOSTON (Reuters) – A coalition that includes a Latino membership organization and a former Massachusetts governor filed lawsuits on Wednesday challenging how four U.S. states allocate their Electoral College votes in presidential elections.
Family of black man killed by Washington police get $3.5 million settlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The city of Washington and the family of an unarmed black man shot to death by police in 2016 have agreed to a $3.5 million settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit, officials said on Wednesday.
New sealed charges brought in case against ex-Trump campaign manager
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against two of President Donald Trump’s former campaign officials, a court record indicated on Wednesday.
Supreme Court declines to broaden whistleblower protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to broaden protections for corporate insiders who call out misconduct, ruling they must take claims of wrongdoing to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to be shielded again…
U.S. hate groups proliferate in Trump’s first year, watchdog says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. hate groups expanded last year under President Donald Trump, fueled by his immigration stance and the perception that he sympathized with those espousing white supremacy, the Southern Poverty Law Center said on…
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.
