Ohio passes second, less restrictive, abortion bill
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio lawmakers passed a second piece of legislation in two days on Thursday restricting abortion access in the state by banning the procedure after 20 weeks of gestation.
Trump says U.S.-China relationship must improve
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States needed to improve its relationship with China, which he criticized for its economic policies and failure to rein in North Korea.
Second Georgia officer dies after shooting near university
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The second officer shot while responding to a domestic dispute near a university in Georgia died of his injuries on Thursday, school officials said, after the suspect killed himself inside a home where he was barricaded earlier in t…
John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, dies at 95
(Reuters) – John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and later as the world’s oldest astronaut, and also had a long career as a U.S. senator, died in Ohio on Thursday at age 95.
New York, New Jersey 10-year transport plan could include rail tunnel
Jersey City, N.J. (Reuters) – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said for the first time on Thursday its next 10-year capital plan may include $2.7 billion for Amtrak’s Gateway rail tunnel project underneath the Hudson River.
Zimmer Biomet to settle bribery charges with U.S. prosecutors: filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities will reach a settlement with medical device maker Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc over bribery allegations in the next four weeks, prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday.
Ex-Insys executives arrested for bribing U.S. doctors to prescribe painkiller
(Reuters) – Six former Insys Therapeutics Inc executives and managers were arrested on Thursday on charges they engaged in a nationwide scheme to bribe doctors to unnecessarily prescribe a drug containing the opioid fentanyl, U.S. prosecutors said.
Arkansas Supreme Court blocks birth certificates for same-sex couples
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Birth certificates issued in Arkansas must identify the biological parents even if the child is subsequently adopted by a same-sex couple, a divided state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
South Carolina jury views grim crime scene photos from 2015 church attack
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina jury viewed graphic photos on Thursday of bullet-riddled bodies and cartridge cases left in the wake of the June 2015 attack on an historic black church, after a federal judge denied a mistrial for accused …
U.S. Marine pilot dies after ejecting from plane off Japan
(Reuters) – A U.S. Marine pilot has died after he ejected from his FA-18C+ fighter jet as the aircraft went down off the coast of Japan, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday.
