Massachusetts judge requires Exxon to hand over climate documents
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge has refused to excuse Exxon Mobil Corp from a request by the state’s attorney general to hand over decades worth of documents on its views on climate change, state officials said on Wednesday.
California rainfall ebbs but flooding continues
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The rainfall that has pummeled the U.S. West this week lightened on Wednesday but that did not keep swollen rivers from overflowing their banks in California, where water lapped up against houses in a wine-growing region, offici…
Fury, forgiveness at condemned South Carolina church gunman’s sentencing
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – White supremacist Dylann Roof, condemned to death for a mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, heard forgiveness and fury at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday from grieving loved ones of the nine slain bla…
New Jersey’s Monmouth University to host Bruce Springsteen archive
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A university in U.S. rock icon Bruce Springsteen’s home state of New Jersey will be home to a collection of decades’ worth of works and memorabilia from his Grammy Award-winning career, a school spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
New York Governor Cuomo’s helicopter makes emergency landing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday afternoon after Cuomo made a “State of the State” speech in Albany, the state capital.
Baltimore, U.S. Justice Department reach accord on police reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and Baltimore officials have reached a deal for sweeping reforms to the majority-black city’s police department after a federal review found officers routinely violated residents’ civil rights, officia…
New York Mets forgery defendant gets four years prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to forging signatures of New York Mets baseball officials, including Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Wilpon, in an office leasing equipment scam was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison…
Rhode Island lawmakers push to legalize marijuana, following Massachusetts
(Reuters) – A pair of lawmakers want to make Rhode Island the ninth U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana and the first to do so through the legislature rather than with a ballot initiative, they said on Tuesday.
Judge to weigh citizen’s ‘Bridgegate’ complaint against New Jersey’s Christie
(Reuters) – A New Jersey judge plans to decide by Friday whether to dismiss a citizen’s criminal complaint accusing Governor Chris Christie of a role in the “Bridgegate” lane-closure scandal.
Trump taps well of protest with calls for more drilling in national parks
(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump aims to open up federal lands to more energy development, tapping into a long-running and contentious debate over how best to manage America’s remaining wilderness.
