Kansas man gets 30-year sentence for foiled bomb plot targeting U.S. military base
(Reuters) – A Kansas man was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in federal prison for plotting a failed suicide bombing at a U.S. military base on behalf of Islamic State, federal prosecutors said.
Durst kicked man in face at party before wife disappeared: testimony
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Real estate scion Robert Durst, whose ties to three slayings were portrayed in the HBO series “The Jinx,” kicked a man in the face without provocation in 1981, breaking a bone, the man testified on Monday ahead of a highly antic…
Trump pleads with Republicans to roll back Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a last-ditch plea to U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday to “do the right thing” and fulfill seven years of campaign promises to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare la…
California teen driver arrested after fatal crash she reportedly livestreamed
(Please be advised that this story contains language in paragraphs 6, 7, 8 that may offend some readers; adds police confirmation that driver and deceased were sisters)
State prosecutors sue EPA over chemical safety rule delay
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A group of 11 Democratic state prosecutors sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to force it to implement rules designed to prevent chemical spills and other industrial accidents at facilities such as refineries a…
Medicaid, pension costs create budget complications for U.S. states: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A sluggish forecast for U.S. economic growth as well as an increase in U.S. states’ Medicaid and pension contribution costs is creating a budgetary squeeze in many state capitols, according to a research report issued by S&P Global Ratings on Monday.
Montana blaze rages as California crews gain ground on wildfire
(Reuters) – The biggest U.S. wildfire torched buildings and parched grassland forcing evacuations in eastern Montana while California firefighters gained ground on a massive blaze near Yosemite National Park on Monday, authorities said.
Homeless man set sleeping West Virginia woman on fire: local media
(Reuters) – A homeless man was accused of setting on fire a woman who was also homeless while she slept on a front porch in West Virginia, leaving the victim in critical condition, local media reported on Monday.
NYC wins appeal against Wall Street lawyer arrested at protest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Wall Street lawyer arrested in 2013 after he stopped on the sidewalk to talk with Occupy Wall Street protesters cannot seek damages from New York City and its police for false arrest and imprisonment, a federal appeals court rule…
Massachusetts cannot hold immigrants so U.S. can detain them: state top court
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts police do not have the authority to detain illegal immigrants solely to buy time for federal law enforcement officials to take them into custody, the state’s top court ruled on Monday.
