New York, Minnesota sue Trump admin to block healthcare funding cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York and Minnesota have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding for state programs that provide healthcare to hundreds of thousands of low-income people.
Trump says Republicans will accept citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was willing to shift his stance on immigration to push through a deal that protects illegal immigrants brought to the country as children from deportation and offer them citizenship.
USA Gymnastics quiet on board resignation call after abuse scandal
(Reuters) – The leadership of USA Gymnastics (USAG) remained silent on Friday in the face of pressure from U.S. Olympic Committee officials and others to resign en masse two days after the team doctor was sentenced for abusing female athletes.
FBI agent fatally shoots kidnap victim during rescue operation
(Reuters) – An FBI agent fatally shot a bound kidnap victim on Thursday during a predawn raid meant to rescue the man from his captors at a home in Houston, The Houston Chronicle and other media reported.
Everest climb chronicler Elizabeth Hawley dies in Nepal
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Elizabeth Hawley, a leading chronicler of expeditions on Himalayan peaks in Nepal, died on Friday at a private hospital in Kathmandu, her doctor said. She was 94.
Trump offers ‘Dreamers’ a path to citizenship, wants other immigration curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is offering a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million young illegal immigrants but insists on measures that would curb some legal immigration programs and provide a border wall with Mexico, senior Wh…
U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Alabama man for 1985 murder
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court halted the planned execution on Thursday of an Alabama man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 after attorneys petitioned to spare the man’s life, arguing that he had suffered several strokes that left him…
Trump offers ‘Dreamers’ a path to citizenship, insists on other immigration curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared to support legislation that would open a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million “Dreamers,” young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children, senior White House officia…
EPA reverses policy on ‘major sources’ of pollution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it was withdrawing a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires a major source of pollution like a power plant to always be treated as a major source, even if it makes c…
Shooter in custody, two others sought after Colorado deputy killed
DENVER (Reuters) – A man who police believe shot and killed a deputy sheriff near Denver was in custody on Thursday while authorities sought two other men for questioning about what led up to the incident, officials said.
