Second U.S. judge blocks Trump administration birth control rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A second U.S. judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing new rules that undermine an Obamacare requirement for employers to provide insurance that covers women’s birth control.
Houston woman accused of killing friend, taking baby as her own
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Houston woman who police said stabbed her friend to death, stole the mother’s six-week-old baby girl and tried to pass the infant off as her own was arrested on Thursday, the same day authorities said they had found the miss…
U.S. court rejects Trump bid to stop transgender military recruits on Jan. 1
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to prevent the U.S. military from accepting transgender recruits starting Jan. 1.
Two men plead guilty in case tied to brawl near Turkish embassy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two men pleaded guilty to felony assault charges on Thursday stemming from a violent street brawl last spring near the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C. during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the U.S. Justice…
Cardinal Law funeral held at Vatican with no mention of sex abuse crisis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The funeral of Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned as Archbishop of Boston 15 years ago after covering up years of sexual abuse of children by priests, was held in the Vatican on Thursday without a mention of what led to his dow…
Ex-Embraer executive pleads guilty to U.S. corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former executive at Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA pleaded guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he arranged a bribe to an employee of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Saudi Aramco to secure a contract for the sale of three jets…
North Carolina accuses drugmaker Insys of scheme to push opioid
BOSTON (Reuters) – North Carolina sued Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday, accusing the pharmaceutical company of illegally pushing a powerful fentanyl-based cancer pain medicine called Subsys to boost profits amid the U.S. opioid epidemic.
Trump rail safety oversight in focus after Amtrak crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As investigators sift through the wreckage of this week’s Amtrak train crash in Washington state, critics have begun questioning President Donald Trump’s recent efforts to roll back or delay finalizing U.S. rail safety regulation…
U.S. jury begins second day of deliberations in Turkish banker’s trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York jury on Thursday began its second day of deliberations in the trial of a Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
Peace on Earth? Not during New York suburbs’ Christmas light wars
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. homeowners festooning their front lawns with thousands of twinkling lights, massive inflated Santas, candy canes and reindeer to spark smiles are instead igniting ornament wars, enraging neighbors over traffic, pollution and s…
