Michigan criticized for weak oversight of drinking water
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality failed to adequately monitor the city of Flint’s switch of the source of its drinking water, which later became contaminated with dangerously high levels of lead, the state’s auditor ge…
Mainstream Republicans struggle for strategy to stop Trump’s climb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mainstream U.S. Republicans struggled for a strategy on Friday to stop their party’s presidential front-runner Donald Trump from becoming the nominee for the Nov. 8 election, as Democrats reveled in the chaos they hoped would boo…
‘Son of Sal’ sentenced to 75 years in killings of New York shopkeepers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A convicted New York clothing salesman known as the “Son of Sal” serial killer was sentenced on Friday for the 2012 shooting deaths of three shopkeepers in Brooklyn, prosecutors said.
Bomb threats at northern Virginia schools lead to evacuations
(Reuters) – Six northern Virginia schools received bomb threats on Friday, prompting evacuations, authorities said.
Serial airplane stowaway gets six months in Chicago mental health center
(Reuters) – A woman barred from airports around the United States for trying to evade security and board flights without a ticket was sentenced on Thursday to six months in a mental health center, after she pleaded guilty to trespassing at a Chicago ai…
CPAC says Trump drops out at ‘last minute’
(Reuters) – The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, on Friday said Donald Trump has dropped out of the annual event underway outside of Washington.
Two Ohio teens charged for not reporting gun at school before shooting
(Reuters) – Two 14-year-old boys from southwestern Ohio were charged on Friday with a misdemeanor for failing to report that a fellow student had taken to school a gun used in a shooting that wounded four students, the Butler County Sheriff’s office sa…
NYPD is sued for using sound cannons at Eric Garner protest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Police Department has been sued for having allegedly injured demonstrators at a protest over the death of Eric Garner by using military-grade sound cannons to disperse them.
Obama to speak to reporters after meeting with economic team: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will speak to reporters after a 12:15 p.m. meeting with his economic team on Friday, where he will receive an update on the economy, the White House said.
U.S. moves to dismiss case against ex-Chesapeake CEO after his death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has filed a motion to dismiss a criminal indictment against former Chesapeake Energy Corp Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon, who died in a car crash on Wednesday, one day after he was charged wi…
