Appeals court grants Trump request to delay mercury air pollution case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday granted a request from the Trump administration to put litigation on hold in which states and industry groups are challenging an Obama administration pollution control rule for mercury and other t…
Singapore man sentenced in U.S. for plot to export bomb parts to Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Singaporean man was sentenced on Thursday to 40 months in a U.S. prison for his role in exporting to Iran radio frequency modules, some of which were later found in bombs in Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement…
United Airlines reaches settlement with passenger dragged from plane
CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines and the passenger who was dragged from a Chicago flight earlier this month have reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum, they said on Thursday, in the carrier’s latest step to contain damage from an incident tha…
Idaho man gets 28 years in beating death of gay man
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – An Idaho man who killed a gay man by kicking him up to 30 times with steel-toed boots was sentenced on Wednesday by a federal judge to 28 years in prison, prosecutors said on Thursday.
How did a copy of U.S. Declaration of Independence get to southern England?
CHICHESTER, England (Reuters) – British experts will carry out tests to try to determine how a rare copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence found its way to an archive in southern England.
Amtrak to launch repairs at New York’s troubled Penn Station
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traveling through the nation’s busiest transit hub, New York’s Pennsylvania Station, will become even more cumbersome as Amtrak takes some tracks out of service for repairs after recent derailments disrupted travel for hundreds of …
Southwest Airlines says to stop overbooking flights
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it would stop overbooking its flights, a decision that comes in the wake of a worldwide backlash against larger rival United Airlines for dragging a passenger out of the plane earlier this month.
Trump’s plan to slash business taxes seen as ‘guidepost’ by congressional Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump unveiled a one-page plan on Wednesday proposing deep U.S. tax cuts, many for businesses, that would make the federal deficit balloon if enacted, drawing a cautious welcome from fiscal conservatives and fina…
Berkeley largely quiet after Ann Coulter speech cancelation
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Police at the University of California at Berkeley braced for civil unrest on Thursday in the aftermath of a canceled speech by conservative commentator Ann Coulter, but the campus remained tranquil through the day while hu…
Asylum-seekers fleeing U.S. may find cold comfort in Canada’s courts
TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Migrants who applied for asylum in the United States but then fled north, fearing they would be swept up in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, may have miscalculated in viewing Canada as a safe haven….
