North Carolina Republicans try to strip powers from incoming Democratic governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature is moving to strip powers from the state’s incoming governor, Democrat Roy Cooper, three weeks before he is to succeed a Republican in the executive mansion.
U.S. says Singapore man pleads guilty to plot to export Iraq bomb parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Singapore citizen pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal charge stemming from his role in illegally exporting, through Iran, parts found in improvised explosive devices in Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Colorful U.S. sports broadcaster Craig Sager dies at 65
(Reuters) – Dapper U.S. television sports broadcaster Craig Sager, who donned flamboyant outfits as he interviewed coaches and players during decades as an NBA sideline reporter and resolutely worked even as he underwent treatment for leukemia, has die…
Washington grand jury indicts suspected pizzeria gunman on assault charge
(Reuters) – A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a North Carolina man on assault and firearms charges for taking a rifle to a Washington, D.C., pizzeria that conspiracy theorists claimed without evidence was a front for a child sex ring.
U.S. sues Michigan town for rejecting proposed mosque out of bias
(Reuters) – The U.S. government sued an eastern Michigan city on Thursday, saying it discriminated against Muslims when it rejected an Islamic group’s plan to build a mosque there.
Alaska man charged with evading sanctions on Iran, money laundering
(Reuters) – An Alaska man has been charged with attempting to evade sanctions on Iran and money laundering, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
Former Washington policeman indicted for trying to help Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Washington transit police officer was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on charges of attempting to help the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said.
American charged in bank hacking turned down Russian asylum: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Russian government offered asylum to a Maryland-born man facing U.S. charges he was part of a computer hacking scheme targeting financial firms including JPMorgan Chase & Co, but he turned down the offer, his lawyer said on Thursday.
New York still the apple of foreign property investors’ eyes: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City remained the top choice this year among foreign investors in commercial real estate while Washington fell to No. 15 as a global destination and dropped from the top five U.S. cities for the first time, a survey showed…
U.S. East Coast feels polar vortex blast that chilled Midwest
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Residents of the U.S. East Coast shivered on Thursday in blustery, frigid weather brought by a swirling cold air pattern called a polar vortex that earlier swept across the Midwest, with New England states facing wind-chill advisori…
