Construction resumes on Dakota pipeline despite tribe’s challenge
CANNON BALL, N.D./HOUSTON (Reuters) – The company building an oil pipeline that has fueled sustained public protests said on Thursday it has started drilling under a North Dakota lake despite a last-ditch legal challenge from a Native American tribe le…
Two die as winter storm wallops northeastern United States
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fiercest snowstorm of the winter slammed the northeastern United States on Thursday, leaving a foot (30 cm) of snow in places, canceling thousands of flights and shutting down schools. At least two deaths were blamed on …
Arizona mother deported to Mexico in immigration action
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona mother of two who lived in the United States for more than 20 years was deported to Mexico on Thursday, becoming one of the first to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United …
New York man pleads guilty to attempted support of Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City man admitted on Thursday that he had sought to provide support to Islamic State and tried to kill an FBI agent with a knife when authorities came to his home to execute a search warrant in 2015.
Trial opens over armed 2014 standoff at Bundy ranch in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Six men accused of taking part in a standoff at the Nevada property of rancher Cliven Bundy aimed rifles at law enforcement during the confrontation, prosecutors said on Thursday during opening remarks in the first of three trials…
Rolling Stone magazine seeks overturn of rape story verdict in Virginia court
Attorneys for Rolling Stone magazine were back in federal court on Thursday seeking to overturn a $3 million defamation verdict over publication’s retracted story about an alleged University of Virginia gang rape, a court spokeswoman said.
U.S. court curbs solitary for Pennsylvania inmates no longer facing execution
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said Pennsylvania prisons cannot keep housing inmates in solitary confinement on death row after their death sentences had been vacated, without meaningful reviews of whether such conditions remained nece…
Indiana man sentenced to life in prison for police killing
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Indiana man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a police officer while he sat inside his patrol car, according to local media.
All flights canceled at New York’s JFK airport due to snowstorm
(Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration canceled all inbound and outbound flights at John F. Kennedy Airport on Thursday amid a winter storm that barreled its way through the northeastern United States.
Trump orders target cartels, crime as attorney general sworn in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump used the swearing-in ceremony of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday to sign three executive orders, including ones targeting transnational drug cartels and those who commit crimes against law e…
