Trump’s attacks could leave him friendless if impeachment comes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Republican senators, an approach he may regret if he is someday impeached and the Senate has to weigh charges against him stemming from an investigation into Russian meddling i…
U.S. digital rights group slams tech firms for barring neo-Nazis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A digital rights group based in San Francisco on Thursday criticized several internet companies for removing neo-Nazi groups from servers and services, saying the actions were “dangerous” and threatened free expression online….
Montana wildfire triggers hundreds of evacuations
(Reuters) – A lightning-sparked wildfire burning for more than a month in western Montana has flared anew, prompting the evacuation of nearly 750 homes on Thursday as firefighters braced for more hot and windy weather forecast for the weekend, authorit…
NFL player charged with beating sister’s boyfriend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An Oakland Raiders cornerback who prosecutors say beat and stomped on his sister’s boyfriend was charged on Thursday with assault and battery.
U.S. rights group rethinks defending hate groups protesting with guns
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, a policy change that comes on the heels of protests by white nationalists and counter-protest…
O.J. Simpson LA exhibit shows memorabilia as art
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than 20 years after the so-called Trial of the Century, an art exhibit examines the public’s enduring fascination with former footballer O.J. Simpson through memorabilia that circulated during his sensational arrest and murder trial.
Arkansas gets new batch of lethal injection drug, seeks execution date
(Reuters) – Arkansas has acquired a new batch of a drug it uses in lethal injections, prompting the state’s attorney general on Thursday to request an execution date for an inmate first sentenced to death 24 years ago, a prisons official said.
Filmmaker Michael Moore says Trump will ‘get us all killed’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is trading screen time for the stage in a one-man show now on Broadway that is a call to action over the current state of U.S. politics.
Solar eclipse coming with nearly $700 million tab for U.S. employers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Add next week’s total eclipse of the sun to the list of worker distractions that cost U.S. companies hundreds of millions of dollars in lost productivity.
U.S. Navy, citing poor seamanship, removes commanders of warship in deadly crash
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy has removed the two senior officers and the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. warship that almost sank off the coast of Japan in June after it was struck by a Philippine container ship, the Navy said on Friday….
