Two former Penn State officials cut deal in Sandusky cover-up, media say
(Reuters) – A pair of former Penn State officials pleaded guilty on Monday to child endangerment charges to settle accusations that they helped cover up years of predatory sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach at the univers…
Video poses new questions about 2014 Ferguson police shooting
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Previously undisclosed video of Michael Brown, recorded hours before the unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, has raised new questions about a suspected robbery that polic…
Obama lawyers move fast to join fight against Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Johnathan Smith resigned from the U.S. Justice Department on Inauguration Day, he looked forward to spending time with his infant son, but that plan unraveled a week later when President Donald Trump unveiled his explosive f…
Trump to announce review of vehicle emissions rules: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is set to formally announce a review of vehicle fuel efficiency rules locked in at the end of the Obama administration when he meets with automaker chiefs this week, according to two sources briefed on…
Las Vegas sports gambler to face trial on insider trading charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Las Vegas gambler William “Billy” Walters is expected to go to trial Monday on charges that he made more than $40 million through insider trading.
Republican plan to repeal Obamacare would leave millions uninsured: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fourteen million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under a Republican plan to dismantle Obamacare that would also reduce the budget deficit, a nonpartisan congressional research office said on Monday, throwing P…
Blizzard takes aim at northeastern U.S., flights canceled
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – A fast-moving winter storm bringing up to two feet of snow was expected to hit the northeastern United States, forecasters warned on Monday, prompting airlines to cancel thousands of flights and some mayors to order schools …
Biden says would have liked to be the U.S. president who ended cancer
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former Democratic U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday in one of his first major speeches since leaving office this year that he would have liked to have been the U.S. president who ended cancer as we know it.
Seattle synagogue spray-painted with graffiti denying Holocaust
(Reuters) – Vandals scrawled graffiti claiming the Holocaust was “fake history” on an exterior wall of a Seattle synagogue, leading the rabbi to urge President Donald Trump to more forcefully denounce a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in recent months.
U.S. Northeast primes plows with blizzard bearing down
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Weather forecasters on Sunday put the U.S. East Coast from New York City to Boston on a blizzard watch, warning of the potential for 12 to 18 inches of snow and wind blasts in some areas from Monday night into Wednesday.
