FBI may have lost critical time unlocking Texas shooter’s iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For about 48 hours after a deadly rampage at a Texas church, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies did not ask Apple Inc to help them unlock the gunman’s iPhone or associated online accounts, a person familiar …
Texas and Florida due to execute men for 1990s murders
(Reuters) – Two states are scheduled to execute convicted murderers on Wednesday night, one who would be the third executed in Florida since August and one whose planned execution in Texas has raised the ire of Mexican officials and two United Nations …
U.S. Air Force Academy says black student wrote racial slurs
(Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force Academy said a black cadet candidate at its preparatory school wrote the racist remarks that targeted him and four others and prompted the academy’s leader to tell cadets to “get out” if they could not be tolerant.
U.S. House panel advances bill aimed at limiting NSA spying program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel on Wednesday passed legislation seeking to overhaul some aspects of the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming criticism from civil liberties advocates that it did not …
Minnesota Senate may halt operations on Dec. 1 due to funding dispute
(Reuters) – The Minnesota Senate will furlough its workers and suspend operations as soon as Dec. 1 due to an ongoing funding dispute with Governor Mark Dayton, the chamber’s Republican leader announced on Wednesday.
Ex-pharma exec Azar is top choice to run U.S. health agency: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alex Azar, a former pharmaceutical company executive, is U.S. President Donald Trump’s top pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, two sources with knowledge of the confidential process said on condition of anony…
Democrats ride grassroots wave to major statehouse gains
(Reuters) – Democrats claimed historic gains in Virginia’s statehouse and booted Republicans from state and local office across the United States on Tuesday, in the party’s first big wave of victories since Republican Donald Trump’s won the White House…
Homeland Security nominee says no need for full U.S.-Mexico border wall
(Reuters) – Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security told a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday there was no need to build a wall on the Mexican border “from sea to shining sea” in remarks that contrasted with the president’s c…
Animal activists who freed 2,000 minks lose U.S. appeal
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge by two animal rights activists to the constitutionality of a federal law used to prosecute them for breaking into an Illinois farm and releasing more than 2,000 minks into the wild.
Maine governor will not expand Medicaid, ignoring voters
(Reuters) – Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage said on Wednesday he will not expand the state’s Medicaid program under Obamacare, ignoring a ballot initiative widely backed by voters, calling it “ruinous” for the state’s budget.
