Arkansas lawmaker wants to strip Clintons’ name from airport
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) – The largest and busiest airport in Arkansas would no longer be named after the only president and first lady from the state if a bill introduced in the legislature on Thursday succeeds.
Deadly U.S. heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years: study
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased.
Groups sue EPA to protect wild salmon from climate change
(Reuters) – U.S. fishing and conservation groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to protect wild salmon threatened by rising water temperatures attributed in part to climate change in two major rivers of the Pacific Northw…
Detroit mayor proposes trust fund to cover future pension payments
(Reuters) – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Thursday proposed setting aside money in a special trust fund to cover higher-than-expected pension payments expected to begin in fiscal 2024.
U.S. companies decry Trump action on transgender student rights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. companies led by tech firms Yahoo Inc , Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp criticized the Trump administration’s decision to revoke Obama administration guidance that allowed transgender public school students to use the bathroom …
Internet poker company founder pleads not guilty to U.S. charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of what had been one of the largest online poker websites agreed on Thursday to confront U.S. charges stemming from a long-running criminal case targeting internet firms like his operating illegally in the United States…
U.S. reverses Obama-era move to phase out private prisons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has reversed an order by the Obama administration to phase out the use of private contractors to run federal prisons.
Trump wants to make sure U.S. nuclear arsenal at ‘top of the pack’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the U.S. nuclear arsenal is at the “top of the pack,” saying the United States has fallen behind in its weapons capacity.
Trump’s transgender move puts spotlight on Supreme Court case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s move on Wednesday to rescind guidance allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice has raised the stakes for an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case that could deliver a landmark decision on the issue.
Upset at Trump, Mexico voices ‘worry and irritation’ to U.S. envoys
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico on Thursday expressed “worry and irritation” about U.S. policies to two of President Donald Trump’s top envoys, giving a chilly reply to the new administration’s hard line on immigration, trade and security.
