Coalition of 13 states to challenge Trump on vehicle emission standards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York State’s attorney general and 12 other top state law enforcement officials said on Friday they would mount a vigorous court challenge to any effort to roll back vehicle emission rules by the Trump administration.
Delaware is first U.S. state to enact abortion rights law under Trump
(Reuters) – Delaware’s governor has signed into law a bill ensuring abortion remains legal in the state, the first such move in the United States since President Donald Trump was elected on a pledge to overturn a landmark ruling that legalized abortion…
Chelsea Manning thanks Obama in first TV interview after release
(Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in prison for leaking classified data, tearfully thanked former President Barack Obama for granting her clemency.
Alive but still reeling one year after Florida nightclub shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Kaliesha Andino has spent the last year running from gunshots. At night, she flashes back to her hiding spot behind a bar in a Florida nightclub, where a bullet ripped through her arm during the deadliest mass shooting in mode…
Cosby gave sedatives to young women, jurors hear at sex assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Jurors at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial on Friday saw the entertainer’s own sworn statements that he gave young women sedatives before engaging in sexual activity with them.
Sheriff deputy in Texas, husband faces murder charges in choke death
(Reuters) – A sheriff deputy in the Houston area and her husband were indicted on Thursday with the choking death of a 24-year-old man during a fight outside a Denny’s restaurant last month, a prosecutor said.
Firms see big bucks in upgrade of U.S. air traffic control system
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Inside the control tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport, air traffic controllers can track planes traveling hundreds of miles away.
Montana congressman-elect to be sentenced for altercation with reporter
(Reuters) – Montana Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte is expected next week to enter a plea of no contest or a plea of guilty to misdemeanor assault after he was accused of attacking a reporter on the eve of his election, a prosecutor said on…
U.S. contractor pleads not guilty to leaking classified information: CNN
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) – A U.S. intelligence contractor pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a charge of leaking a classified report on Russian election interference to a media outlet, CNN reported.
One dead, nearly two dozen injured after bus crash near Atlanta
(Reuters) – One person was killed and nearly two dozen injured on Thursday when a bus carrying an Alabama church youth group overturned on a major road southwest of Atlanta, police said.
