One hiker killed, four injured in fall down California ‘ice chute’
(Reuters) – One person was killed and four injured on Saturday when they fell down a steep, icy ravine known as an ice chute while hiking in the mountains near Los Angeles, officials said.
Immigration chaos and long nights led to Washington’s court win
SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson arrived in Seattle last Saturday after a trip to Florida, public outrage over the immigration order issued the previous day by President Donald Trump was quickly growing…
Los Angeles police make arrests 24 years after fatal apartment fire
(Reuters) – Los Angeles police have arrested an undisclosed number of people in connection with a deadly 1993 apartment fire that killed seven children as well as several adults, authorities said on Saturday.
U.S. backs off bid to reopen CIA ‘black site’ prisons: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has for now backed off a draft executive order that would have called for a review of whether the United States should reopen overseas “black site” prisons, where interrogation techniques often condemned …
Guards’ Super Bowl sick call blitz threatens to lock down Chicago jail
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Employees at one of the largest U.S. jails would rather watch the big game than the big house, raising concerns with a Chicago-area sheriff that an annual problem with Super Bowl fever could force a lockdown on Sunday.
Trump’s pick for Army secretary drops out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vincent Viola, an Army veteran and founder of a high-speed trading firm nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be secretary of the Army, withdrew his name from consideration on Friday, a U.S. official said.
Dakota Access Pipeline to start in second quarter: stakeholder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chief executive of Phillips 66 said on Friday he expects the Dakota Access Pipeline to start operations in the second quarter, even though the project – which has sparked protests by Native Americans and environmentalists – is …
Justice Department will not file immediate stay against Seattle immigration ruling
TORONTO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice will not be filing an emergency stay on Friday night to overturn a Seattle’s judge ruling that blocked a U.S. executive order temporarily barring refugees and nationals from seven countries from enteri…
Federal agency considers bolstering force in Chicago to fight crime
(Reuters) – A U.S. law enforcement agency is considering transferring some federal agents to Chicago to combat violence in the nation’s third-largest city, where homicides last year reached a 20-year high, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday.
Trump’s travel ban has revoked 60,000 visas for now
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 60,000 visas were revoked under U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, the State Department said on Friday, in one of several government …
