Connecticut infrastructure funding in question: state report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut’s infrastructure projects are in jeopardy after revenue that helps pay off the state’s transportation debt has decreased and additional funding sources have not yet been identified, according to a report released on Thu…
U.S. to deport Ohio man charged with hiding role in Bosnian massacre
(Reuters) – An Ohio man accused of serving with a paramilitary police unit that participated in the 1995 Serbian massacre of 8,000 Muslim Bosnians will be deported under a plea deal reached Thursday in federal court.
EPA chief says public climate debate may be launched in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could launch a public debate about climate change as soon as January, Administrator Scott Pruitt said on Thursday, as the agency unwinds Obama-era initiatives to fight global warming.
Gold trader Zarrab says he was threatened in jail for cooperating with U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying for U.S. prosecutors in a criminal trial involving sanctions against Iran said on Thursday that he was removed from a New York federal jail after another inmate threatened to kill him for co…
U.S. delays rule on methane emissions from federal lands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will delay an Obama-era rule limiting emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas operations on federal and tribal lands, it said on Thursday, a move slammed by environmentalists.
U.S. gymnastics team doctor sentenced to 60 years for child pornography
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor accused of sexually assaulting gymnasts, to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges that grew out of a sex abuse investigation.
Gunman, two students dead after New Mexico high school shooting
(Reuters) – A suspected shooter opened fire at a high school in New Mexico on Thursday, killing two students before being killed, according to police and officials from the nearby Navajo Nation.
U.S. Justice Department taps prosecutor to oversee asset forfeiture program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has tapped a North Carolina-based prosecutor for a new role designed to provide more checks and balances to its civil asset forfeiture program, following criticism of its abuse by the police.
Low water halts shipping on lower Ohio River: U.S. Army Corps
(Reuters) – A stretch of the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, was closed to shipping traffic after a barge tow ran aground in the receding waters, halting shipments of commodities such as grain and coal for at least the fourth time since September.
Ex-South Carolina cop gets 20 years in prison for black motorist’s death
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The white former policeman caught on video shooting an unarmed black man in the back after a 2015 traffic stop in South Carolina was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison, with a federal judge ruling that the killing …
