Illinois Senate delays vote on budget fix until February
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A bill package aimed at ending Illinois’ record-setting budget impasse and addressing the state’s deep fiscal woes will not be voted on in the Senate until the second week of February, the chamber’s leaders announced on Thursday.
Federal judge rejects Ohio’s new lethal injection process, stays executions
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A federal judge dismissed Ohio’s new lethal injection process on Thursday, declaring it problematic, and extended a delay in three upcoming executions, saying the courts needed more time to decide whether it is constitutional.
Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on U.S. immigration, security policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants while mulling restoring a CIA secret detention program as he launched broad but divisiv…
Six shot during vigil for gunshot victim in Chicago: media
(Reuters) – A 12-year-old girl was among six people shot on Wednesday evening during a vigil in Chicago for a gunshot victim, local media said, the day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened federal intervention to tackle gun violence in the city…
Chelsea Manning criticizes Obama, draws Trump’s ire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning on Thursday questioned Barack Obama’s legacy after the former Democratic president commuted her sentence last week, and she called for “an unapologetic progressive leader”…
Virginia zoo scours neighborhood for missing red panda
(Reuters) – Staff and volunteers at the Virginia Zoo were scouring nearby neighborhoods for a female red panda which may be roaming the area after she went missing from her enclosure, the zoo said.
Top 10 U.S. sanctuary cities face roughly $2.27 billion in cuts by Trump policy
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to strip municipalities of federal dollars for shielding illegal immigrants threatens $2.27 billion in annual funds for the nation’s 10 largest cities, a Reuters analysis of federal grants found.
TransCanada has not yet broached Keystone XL with shippers: CEO
WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp has yet to discuss the Keystone XL oil pipeline with shippers and is not certain if all were still in support of it, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday in his first public comments since Presiden…
U.S. court issues injunction on assistance for dialysis patients
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A U.S. court has issued a preliminary injunction on a new federal rule that dialysis providers have said would prevent patients from using charitable assistance to buy private health insurance, Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) said on…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg ‘reconsidering’ land sale actions against Hawaiians
(Reuters) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he is reconsidering efforts to force the sale of land tracts belonging to native Hawaiians that fall within a large estate he bought on the island of Kauai, after facing harsh criticism.
