Christie to battle New Jersey’s drug abuse problem in last year as governor
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, trying to redeem himself at home and nationally after a scandal-tarred 2016, said on Tuesday he will make tackling New Jersey’s spiraling drug-abuse epidemic the focus of his last year in office.
San Bernardino gunman’s brother pleads guilty to immigration fraud
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The brother of the man who with his wife killed 14 people in a shooting rampage at a government building in San Bernardino, California, pleaded guilty to immigration fraud on Tuesday in connection with his sister-in-law’s marria…
FBI looks for source of ‘robocall’ bomb threats to Jewish centers
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A wave of telephone bomb threats to 16 Jewish community centers in nine U.S. states may have originated from the same number and been placed by at least one individual and an automated calling system, security officials …
U.S. prosecutors plan corruption retrial for ex-Los Angeles county sheriff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have decided to retry former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges that left a jury deadlocked last month, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney said on Tuesday.
Arizona man goes on trial for helping student join Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man went on trial on Tuesday on charges that he provided support to Islamic State by helping a New York college student travel to Syria, where he died fighting for the militants.
Six injured at J.M. Stuart power plant at Aberdeen, Ohio: company
(Reuters) – Six people were injured at Dayton Power & Light’s J.M. Stuart power plant in Aberdeen, Ohio, on Tuesday and the facility was evacuated, the company said.
U.S. top court puts North Carolina voting districts ruling on hold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court’s ruling requiring North Carolina to immediately redraw state legislative districts found to have been be mapped out in a way that crammed black voters into a limited nu…
Police offer $100,000 reward in hunt for suspect in killing of Florida officer
(Reuters) – Authorities offered a $100,000 reward on Tuesday for information leading to the capture of the man suspected in the fatal shooting of a policewoman in Orlando, Florida.
California Governor Brown proposes $179.5 billion state budget
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday proposed a $179.5 billion state budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, a 5 percent increase over this year, but warned that the state must remain fiscally prudent ahead of an inevitable economic dow…
U.S. top court grapples with validity of credit card surcharge law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled over how to decide a challenge to a state law barring retailers from charging more to buy with credit instead of cash, debating whether it merely regulates prices or violates merchants’…
