Arizona man sentenced to die for murdering girl by locking her in box
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona man was sentenced to death on Thursday for murdering a 10-year-old girl, by locking her in a footlocker for taking a Popsicle without permission, a court official said.
Trump says U.S. Senate candidate Moore should leave race if allegations true
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump finds the sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore “troubling” and thinks he should leave the race if they are true, the White House said on Thursday, as party leaders in Alabam…
U.S. towns, cities fear taxpayer revolt if Republicans kill deduction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From Pataskala, Ohio, to Conroe, Texas, local government leaders worry that if Republican tax-overhaul plans moving through the U.S. Congress become law, it will be harder for them to pave streets, put out fires, fight crime and …
U.S. Interior Secretary fails to provide papers in travel probe: inspector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department has failed to provide documentation needed for an internal probe of Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travels, the department’s inspector general said on Thursday.
Chicago schools sell $1 billion bonds with lower market penalty
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The junk-rated Chicago Board of Education completed an up-sized bond sale on Thursday with a pricing that indicated an easing in the municipal market penalty the district has been forced to pay due to its deep financial problems.
U.S. jury hears closing arguments in trial of alleged Benghazi attack organizer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A jury heard closing arguments on Thursday in the federal government’s case against Ahmed Abu Khatallah, who is accused of conspiring to organize the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. …
White House says elephant trophy decision not yet finalized
(Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said it had not yet finalized a decision to allow trophy hunters who kill elephants in two African countries to bring the endangered animals home as trophies, a move that had outraged U.S. conservation groups.
Trump stops short of saying U.S. Senate candidate Moore should leave race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump believes Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore should step aside if sexual misconduct allegations against him are true, the White House said on Thursday, while state party leaders in Alabama vowed to s…
Corruption trial of Senator Menendez ends in mistrial
(Reuters) – The corruption trial of New Jersey’s Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez ended in a mistrial on Thursday, after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on bribery, fraud and other charges.
More than 200 arrested in U.S. crackdown on MS-13 gang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 200 alleged members and associates of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang, better known as MS-13, have been arrested in a crackdown across the United States, federal officials said on Thursday.
