No special prosecutor for New Jersey ‘Bridgegate’ complaint against Christie
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey judge on Friday declined to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a citizen’s criminal complaint against Governor Chris Christie over the “Bridgegate” lane-closure scandal, saying private citizens do not have the…
Former guard at New York’s Rikers jail on trial for fatal beating
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former guard at New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail complex brutally and repeatedly kicked an inmate in the head in 2012 while the man lay helplessly, leading directly to his death, a federal prosecutor told jurors on Fri…
Trump supporters move to block vote recount in three states
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michigan’s attorney general said on Friday he had filed a lawsuit to halt the Green Party’s requested recount of presidential votes in the state, adding to Republican efforts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to maintain Don…
U.S. ‘shoe bomber’ asks judge to drop fine, pleads poverty
BOSTON (Reuters) – Richard Reid, the man who admitted to trying to blow up a jumbo jet in late 2001 with explosives in his shoes, has asked a federal judge to waive the $250,000 fine he faces, saying that he will never be able to pay it while serving l…
Massachusetts college that took down American flag raises it again
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts college that became a target of protests after removing the American flag from its main flagpole following Donald Trump’s election victory raised the flag again on Friday, its president said.
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.
