Oil spill closes part of Chicago River, south of the city
(Reuters) – Part of the Chicago River, south of the third largest city in the United States, was closed on Thursday due to an oil spill, the source of which is unknown, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Trump releases some JFK files, blocks others under pressure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but yielded to pressure from the FBI and CIA to block the release of other records to…
U.S. veterans to Trump: Save bank customers’ rights to sue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The largest U.S. veterans service organization on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to veto recent legislation allowing financial companies to block customers from banding together to sue, saying it would hurt members of the …
Federal judge strikes down two abortion restrictions in Alabama
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday struck down two abortion restrictions in Alabama that limited how close clinics can be to public schools and banned a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester.
Trump orders some Kennedy assassination documents released: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump ordered the release on Thursday of some secret documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy but held some back for further review after entreaties from the FBI and the CIA, senior W…
Fatal Niger operation sparks calls for public hearings in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers called on Thursday for public hearings on an attack in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers, saying there were still many unanswered questions about the ambush despite receiving more information from the…
Harvard marks down natural resources holding in fiscal 2017
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University reduced its holdings of domestic bonds by roughly $10 billion while also cutting real estate investments and marking down its natural resources holdings, all part of a dramatic shift in how it invests its $37.1 bil…
N.Y. prosecutor to retire after being charged in beating cover-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A district attorney on Long Island, New York, announced his retirement on Thursday, one day after he was arraigned on federal charges that he helped cover up a police chief’s assault on an handcuffed inmate.
Gruesome injuries marked hunt for U.S. Army’s Bergdahl: soldiers
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – During a July 2009 raid seeking intelligence on the whereabouts of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who had walked off his post in Afghanistan, a rocket-propelled grenade hit Army Specialist Jonathan Morita and mangled his…
Blackwater founder still promotes plan to privatize Afghan operations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The founder of private military contractor Blackwater is trying to interest U.S. intelligence agencies in his plan to privatize counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan, even though the Trump administration earlier rejected th…
