Obama presents final Medal of Freedom honors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama awarded the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom – the highest civilian honor in the United States – to 21 key figures at a star-studded ceremony at the White House on Tuesday.
As Dakota pipeline saga drags on, rancor builds
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – The September decision by the Obama administration to delay final approval for the Dakota Access Pipeline was intended to give federal officials more time to consult with Native American tribes that have faced dispossessio…
U.S. offers mobile device guidelines to curb driver distraction
DETROIT (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday issued voluntary guidelines for makers of mobile devices, asking them to help keep eyes on the road by developing a “driver mode” that would disable some distracting functions in movin…
Judge blocks Obama rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million U.S. workers
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million salaried workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president’s signature achievements for boosting wage…
South Carolina Governor Haley accepts Trump’s U.N. offer: NBC
(Reuters) – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s offer to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the transition process.
World’s tallest water slide to be torn down after death
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – The world’s tallest water slide will be torn down after a 10-year-old boy suffered a broken neck and was killed riding it in August, an amusement park in Kansas City, said.
Illinois fix to unpaid bills may end up as financial time bomb
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois owes a handful of financial consortia more than $118 million under an obscure program intended to speed up overdue payments to the cash-strapped state’s vendors, an analysis of state records shows.
U.S., Russia request Czechs extradite arrested Russian hacker
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The United States and Russia have both requested the extradition of a Russian arrested in Prague and indicted in the U.S. for hacking computers of social media companies, the Czech justice ministry said on Wednesday.
Judge orders U.S. to reconsider denying passport to ‘intersex’ veteran
DENVER (Reuters) – A federal judge in Denver ordered the U.S. Department of State to reconsider its denial of a passport to a Navy veteran from Colorado who identifies as neither male or female, court documents showed on Tuesday.
No Baltimore-DOJ settlement on police in coming weeks: mayor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and Baltimore on reforming the city’s troubled police department is unlikely before Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake leaves office next month, she said on Tuesday.
