Porous Texas border fence foreshadows challenges for Trump’s wall
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) – The rust-colored border security fence starts in a dusty field on the Loop family farm in South Texas – about 15 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and a mile north of the southern U.S. border.
As winter nears, Dakota Access faces frigid weather and costly delays
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Delays to the Dakota Access Pipeline have added millions of dollars to Energy Transfer Partners’ construction tab – but even if the line is approved, the freezing temperatures will bring their own challenges to finishing the drillin…
Death toll from Tennessee wildfire climbs to 11
(Reuters) – The death toll from a devastating blaze in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee rose to 11 on Thursday, the highest loss of civilian life from a single U.S. wildfire in 13 years.
Three Los Angeles policemen cleared in killing of homeless black man
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three Los Angeles policemen who fatally shot a homeless man last year were justified in using lethal force because the man had nearly gotten hold of an officer’s holstered gun as they scuffled, the District Attorney’s Office has…
U.S. veterans arrive at pipeline protest camp in North Dakota
CANNON BALL/WEST FARGO, N.D. (Reuters) – U.S. military veterans were arriving on Thursday at a camp to join thousands of activists braving snow and freezing temperatures to protest a pipeline project near a Native American reservation in North Dakota.
South Carolina jury weighs case against ex-cop who killed motorist
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Jurors trying to reach a verdict will begin a third day of deliberations on Friday in the murder trial of a white former South Carolina police officer who fatally shot a fleeing, unarmed black motorist last year.
Colorado mother bought gun just before she, two small sons found dead
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado mother bought a handgun hours before she and her two young sons were found fatally shot inside the family’s minivan, authorities said on Thursday, adding that her wounds appeared to be self-inflicted.
Chicago pension bill passes Illinois House, stalls in Senate
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s plan to save two of its pension funds from insolvency passed the Illinois House on Thursday, but stalled in the Senate, which did not call the bill for a vote.
U.S. state budgets to face low energy prices for years to come: Fitch
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Low oil, natural gas and coal prices will continue to put downward fiscal pressure on states that rely on those resources to fund their budgets, ratings agency Fitch said on Thursday.
Former NFLer Joe McKnight killed in Louisiana road rage shooting
(Reuters) – Former National Football League player Joe McKnight was shot and killed on Thursday in his native Louisiana in what officials are investigating as a road rage incident.
