U.S. Supreme Court takes up major transgender rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed for the first time to rule on transgender rights in a case in which a Virginia public school district is fighting to prevent a female-born transgender high school student from using the boy…
Illinois teachers’ pension fund eyes 14.5 percent payment hike for state
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ biggest public worker pension fund said on Friday its board gave initial approval to a state contribution of $4.56 billion in fiscal 2018, a 14.5 percent increase over the current fiscal year.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear sex offender social media ban case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday took up a case testing free speech rights in the digital age, agreeing to decide whether a North Carolina law banning convicted sex offenders from Facebook and other social media sites runs afoul …
Ex-Russian press minister’s 2015 Washington death ruled accidental
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The death last year in Washington of Mikhail Lesin, a Russian media executive and former adviser to President Vladimir Putin, was accidental and caused partly by alcohol poisoning after days of heavy drinking, U.S. authorities sa…
Exclusive: EpiPen price hikes add millions to Pentagon costs
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mylan NV’s price hikes on EpiPens have added millions to U.S. Department of Defense spending since 2008 as the agency covered more prescriptions for the lifesaving allergy shot at near retail prices, government data prov…
Two California men accused of plotting to smuggle weapons to Iran
(Reuters) – Two California men have been charged in a scheme to smuggle more than $3 million worth of military aircraft parts and other defense items to Iran, U.S. federal prosecutors said on Friday.
Federal judge blocks two abortion laws in Alabama
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Thursday blocked abortion restrictions in Alabama that limit how close clinics can be to public schools and ban a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester.
Madoff trustee reaches $277 million accord with money manager’s family
(Reuters) – The court-appointed trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm said on Friday he has reached a settlement with the family of late Beverly Hills money manager Stanley Chais that will provide more than $277 million to victims of Madoff’s Ponzi…
Phillips 66 says construction continues on Dakota Access Pipeline
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Construction is continuing on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) even as a dispute with Native Americans has blocked work on a section of the project, the chief executive of Phillips 66, which owns 25 percent of the project, said on …
New Jersey’s ‘Bridgegate’ defendants executed ‘vicious’ scheme: prosecutor
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – Two former allies of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie deliberately closed access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in a “vicious” and unlawful political revenge scheme, a federal prosecutor said on Friday at the close of …
