New Jersey Governor Christie signs gas tax hike, restarts halted transportation projects
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday signed into law a gasoline tax hike of 23 cents a gallon and ordered that stalled bridge, road and transit projects be restarted.
Three Kansas men charged with plotting attack on Somali community
(Reuters) – Three Kansas men have been charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas, where Somali immigrants live and worship, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
Nearly two dozen San Antonio police punished for wearing Trump hats
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen San Antonio police seen in uniform wearing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats will be reprimanded or provided counseling for violating department policy, the departm…
Two Wisconsin men charged with trying to join Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Wisconsin men have been charged with attempting to travel overseas to join the Islamic State militant group, the Justice Department said on Friday.
U.S. Sen. Warren urges Obama to fire head of SEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a proponent of strong financial regulation, turned up the heat on the country’s top securities regulator on Friday, urging President Barack Obama to fire Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mar…
U.S. Justice Ginsburg backtracks on criticism of NFL’s Kaepernick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday called her criticism of National Football League player Colin Kaepernick “inappropriately dismissive and harsh” and said she should not have commented on his protest agains…
New York pharmacy’s ‘man tax’ to highlight tampon costs prompts backlash
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A New York City pharmacy that imposed a tax only on male customers has received some 3,000 hate messages, its co-owner said on Friday, amid a national debate over taxes on feminine hygiene products.
Drug kingpin Guzman U.S. extradition set for early 2017: senior official
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico expects to extradite captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States at the outset of 2017, a top government official said on Friday, despite ongoing appeals by lawyers to block his departure.
Florida Supreme Court strikes down new death penalty law
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court overturned a new state death penalty law on Friday because it does not require juries to unanimously recommend capital punishment in a set of rulings with implications for ongoing prosecutions and 385 d…
Two Indianapolis shootings targeting law enforcement possibly linked
(Reuters) – Two shootings this month targeting police in Indianapolis may be related, police said on Friday, a day after shots again struck law enforcement offices in the Indiana capital.
