Ex-Illinois Governor Blagojevich’s 14-year prison term upheld
(Reuters) – Rod Blagojevich, a former Illinois governor, on Friday lost his bid for leniency as a federal appeals court refused to shorten his 14-year prison term in a vast public corruption case, including an effort to sell Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate …
North Dakota’s ‘water protectors’ bring their pipeline story to film
NEW YORK (Reuters) – They call themselves “water protectors” and describe the Dakota Access pipeline ferrying crude oil across America as “the black snake.”
Trump, Republicans face tricky task of averting U.S. government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans who control Congress face their first major budget test next week, with the threat of a U.S. government shutdown potentially hinging on his proposed Mexican border wall as well as…
Ohio investigates Visa’s debit card transactions
(Reuters) – Visa Inc said on Friday it was being investigated on rules related to acceptance of its debit cards, cardholder verification methods and routing of debit transactions.
Arkansas execution flurry marks early test for new Justice Gorsuch
(Reuters) – Newly appointed conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch helped clear the way for Arkansas to hold its first execution in 12 years, a sign of the challenges facing other inmates seeking to block their executions next week.
Trump to order U.S. Treasury to delve into taxes, post-crisis reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will order the Treasury on Friday to find and reduce tax burdens and review post-financial crisis reforms that banks and insurance companies have said hinder their ability to do business.
Uber extends sexual harassment probe; expects report by end-May
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc said it has extended its internal investigation into sexual harassment claims in its own organization, and a report is expected by the end of May.
U.S. judicial panel finds Texas hurt Latino vote with redrawn boundaries
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – A special federal judicial panel ruled for the second time in two months on Thursday that the Republican-led Texas Legislature deliberately redrew political boundaries so as to unfairly diminish voter clout of the state’s…
U.S. regulators block Texas, Arizona over import of execution drug
(Reuters) – A U.S. regulatory agency told Texas and Arizona that more than a thousand vials of drugs they ordered for executions in their states from India in 2015, and seized by U.S. Customs, will not be released to them, an official said on Thursday….
Accused gunman in Fresno shooting spree charged in motel murder
(Reuters) – A suspect nicknamed Black Jesus who police say killed three white men during a racially motivated shooting spree in downtown Fresno, California, was charged on Thursday with the murder of an unarmed Motel 6 security guard days earlier.
