California marijuana tax and tracking systems behind schedule: lawmaker
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California will not be ready to fully collect taxes from its recreational marijuana market at the start of next year because not all of its tens of thousands of growers will be enrolled in the system, a state lawmaker said on …
Friend to plead guilty to aiding San Bernardino gunman: prosecutors
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man accused of buying assault-style rifles used by a married couple to massacre 14 people at a government office in San Bernardino in 2015 has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to provide material support to terr…
Native tribes seek judgment against Army Corps over Dakota Access
(Reuters) – The Native American tribes looking to stop the Dakota Access pipeline asked a judge to find that the Army Corps violated federal regulations when it recently granted the last permit needed for the project to be finished, according to a Tues…
American pilots denounce CEO, citing missed White House meeting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pilots at American Airlines Group Inc denounced the carrier’s chief executive officer, Doug Parker, on Tuesday, citing his decision last week to skip a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. believes Russia deployed new missile in treaty violation: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints by U.S. officials that it violates an arms control treaty banning ground-based U.S. and Russian intermediate-range missiles, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citi…
Ethics office urges White House to weigh disciplining Conway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House should consider disciplinary action against presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway for appearing to violate government ethics rules by publicly endorsing Ivanka Trump products, the Office of Government Ethics wrote…
FAA investigating airplane incident reported to involve actor Harrison Ford
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it is investigating an incident involving a single-engine private plane that flew over an American Airlines Boeing 737 jet in Santa Ana, California.
Russian jets in ‘unsafe’ encounters with destroyer: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Multiple Russian military aircraft came close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Black Sea on Feb. 10, incidents considered “unsafe and unprofessional,” a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
11-year-old Chicago girl shot in the head dies: family
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An 11-year-old who was one of two young girls shot in the head in separate incidents in Chicago during the weekend has died, relatives said on Tuesday, as the city continues to struggle to curb gun violence.
U.S. weather service says hit by first-ever data system outage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Weather Service said on Tuesday it suffered its first-ever outage of its data system during Monday’s blizzard in New England, keeping the agency from sending out forecasts and warnings for more than two hours.
