New York resident pleads guilty to trying to support Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City resident who prosecutors said tried two years ago to board a flight to Turkey on his way to Syria in order to join Islamic State pleaded guilty on Thursday to having conspired to provide material support to the mili…
U.S. transfers four Guantanamo inmates in waning hours of Obama tenure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent four detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking President Barack Obama’s final prisoner transfers from a facility whose continued exi…
Tensions rise at North Dakota pipeline as Trump set to take White House
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – Tensions have increased this week near the construction site of the Dakota Access pipeline, with repeated clashes between protesters and police ahead of Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, an unabashed f…
Former Los Angeles investment banker pleads guilty to fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Los Angeles investment banker once dubbed “Porn’s New King” pleaded guilty on Thursday for the second time in a year to engaging in securities fraud, admitting to participating in a scheme that cheated investors and a Nati…
U.S. judge delays Texas plan to cut Planned Parenthood funding
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. judge issued a temporary restraining on Thursday halting Texas’ plan to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood to give him more time to consider thousands of pages of documents filed in the politically charged case…
Lawyers for executed Virginia man say he may have died painfully
(Reuters) – Lawyers for a convicted killer are calling for an investigation into his Wednesday night execution in Virginia, saying a delay in the process suggested he underwent “pain and suffering inconsistent with his constitutional rights.”
Senior U.S. spy, diplomats leaving despite being asked to stay on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. intelligence officer and two senior diplomats are leaving the government despite appearing on a Jan. 17 list of those asked to stay on under President-elect Donald Trump, current and former U.S. officials said on Thurs…
U.S. top court to settle dispute over arrests at racy D.C. party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to weigh in on whether police in the District of Columbia violated the constitutional rights of people attending a party in a vacant house featuring scantily clad women with money tucked …
Obama commutes prison sentences for 330 before leaving office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 330 federal inmates, particularly drug offenders, on Thursday, making his quest to reduce what he viewed as overly harsh punishments one of his final acts in office.
Ex-president George H.W. Bush had good night’s rest, remains in ICU
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush remains in stable condition with pneumonia in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and his wife, Barbara Bush, is making progress for treatment of bronchitis at the same hospital…
