At least one killed, dozens injured in Texas prison bus crash
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and dozens more injured when a Texas prison bus collided with a pickup truck in central Texas on Friday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
Illinois judge to decide jurisdiction over Cruz eligibility complaint
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois judge on Friday said she would decide next month whether she had jurisdiction over a voter’s complaint that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz should not be on the state’s primary ballot because he was born in Ca…
Protesters in Flint demand new pipes in response to water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) – More than 500 protesters led by civil rights activist Jesse Jackson marched to the Flint water plant on Friday to demand clean water and the replacement of corroding pipes in response to the city’s lead contamination crisis.
Witnesses in Shkreli case worried about retaliation: U.S. prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said several witnesses in the criminal securities fraud case against notorious former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli are concerned about retaliation and have received threats from him in the past.
Canadian diplomat’s son sent to boot camp over deadly Florida shooting
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Canadian diplomat’s teenage son will serve nine months in boot camp for his role in a drug-related shooting that killed his older brother last year but was spared a lengthy prison sentence under a plea deal accepted by a Florida judge on Friday.
U.S. could still cancel Raytheon GPS ground system: general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon and the U.S. Air Force could still cancel the ground control system Raytheon Co is developing to operate new GPS satellites, if the company does not improve its performance on the troubled system, a top U.S. general …
New Jersey prosecutor replaced as dispute over couple’s deaths flares
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has replaced the Somerset County prosecutor after public calls, including from three former governors, for the reopening of a criminal investigation into the fatal stabbings of a politically promi…
Oil industry bet big on Jeb Bush for president, Reuters review shows. Now what?
(Reuters) – U.S. oil and gas executives bet big on 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush – they donated more to his White House run than to all of his rivals combined, according to a Reuters review of campaign disclosures.
Texas official to retire after criticizing Planned Parenthood cuts
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A senior Texas health official who co-authored a report that criticized the state’s funding cuts to Planned Parenthood for reducing access to reproductive healthcare will retire from his post next month, a Texas commission sai…
Firming U.S. inflation keeps Fed rate hike on the table
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rising rents and healthcare costs lifted underlying U.S. inflation in January by the most in nearly 4-1/2 years, signs of a pick-up in price pressures that could allow the Federal Reserve to gradually raise interest rates this ye…
