Women marching against Trump plan next step: public office
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After she spends Saturday marching in Washington among an expected 200,000 women protesting the presidency of Donald Trump on his first full day in office, Amy Davis-Comstock plans to take her first steps toward her own possible ru…
Virginia inmate executed despite arguments against drug ‘cocktail’
(Reuters) – A Virginia inmate was executed on Wednesday for murdering two young sisters during a 2006 killing spree, after the Supreme Court denied a stay request despite his argument that the use of compounded lethal drugs violated his constitutional …
FBI probing wave of fake bomb threats to U.S. Jewish centers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twenty-seven Jewish community centers in 17 U.S. states reported receiving false telephone bomb threats on Wednesday, prompting evacuations and an FBI probe into the second wave of hoax attacks to target American Jewish facilities …
‘Matriarch’ gorilla at Miami zoo dies at age of nearly 50
(Reuters) – Zoo Miami’s aging “matriarch” gorilla, Josephine, reported to be the grandmother of a male silverback slain in Cincinnati when a young boy fell into its enclosure, died on Wednesday just before reaching the age of 50.
U.S. protest group vows to disrupt Trump inaugural festivities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of an ad hoc group of protesters enraged by Republican Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States vowed on Wednesday to disrupt his inauguration this week by blocking public access to the event.
U.S Army to begin environmental study of Dakota pipeline
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army on Wednesday began the process of launching an environmental study of the Dakota Access pipeline crossing in North Dakota, a move that has been challenged by the company constructing the controversial project.
CIA unveils new rules for collecting information on Americans
LANGLEY, Va. (Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday unveiled revised rules for collecting, analyzing and storing information on American citizens, updating the rules for the information age and publishing them in full for the first ti…
Chicago police officer charged with murder in off-duty shooting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Prosecutors charged a Chicago police officer on Wednesday with first-degree murder after he was accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man during an altercation while off-duty, authorities said.
Father files suit against police in California for son’s fatal shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The father of Alfred Olango, an unarmed black man shot to death by police in Southern California last year, has filed a lawsuit against the officer involved and his department, accusing them of unjustly killing his son who was s…
New York probing reverse mortgages at Treasury nominee’s ex-bank: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York attorney general’s office is investigating reverse-mortgage servicing companies, including a unit of the bank Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin ran, according to a person familiar with the matter.
