Environmental group says reaches accord to stop offshore fracking in California
(Reuters) – A conservation group said the federal government must stop approving offshore fracking from oil platforms in California’s Santa Barbara Channel under the settlement of a lawsuit it filed.
Family of slain Oregon protester challenges FBI account of his death
BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) – As four armed anti-government protesters held their ground at a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon on Friday, the family of a protester killed by police said he seemed to have been shot in the back with his hands up, although author…
Operations being restored at New York-area ports after shutdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Operations at New York and New Jersey’s cargo terminals were being restored on Friday night after more than a thousand longshoremen walked off the job earlier in the day, shuttering one of the United State’s busiest port networks, …
Two escaped California inmates believed in San Jose: official
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The two remaining inmates who escaped a week ago from a maximum-security jail in Southern California are believed to be hiding out in the Bay Area city of San Jose, officials said on Friday.
‘Making a Murderer’ shines unwanted spotlight on Wisconsin city
MANITOWOC, Wis. (Reuters) – The television documentary “Making a Murderer,” a gripping series about two Wisconsin men convicted of murder, has put this blue-collar city of 35,000 on the map, to the dismay of many residents.
Rights group sues for details of U.S. counter terrorism effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A civil liberties group said on Friday it has sued the U.S. government for more information about a federal program that tries to enlist Americans in helping to identify and discourage violent extremism in their communities.
Michigan black lawmakers want Detroit school manager fired
(Reuters) – The Michigan legislative black caucus voted on Friday to ask Governor Rick Snyder to fire Darnell Earley, the controversial Detroit Public Schools’ emergency manager who had formerly presided over the city of Flint and its lead-contaminated…
Oregon occupation organizer Ammon Bundy, brother denied bail
Portland, Ore. (Reuters) – Ammon Bundy, organizer of the armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge, will remain in custody pending his trial on felony conspiracy charges, a U.S. District Court judge ruled on Friday.
UnitedHealth Medicare plan must cover U.S. sex reassignment surgery
(Reuters) – A U.S. government panel has ruled that a privately run Medicare plan must cover sex reassignment surgery for a Texas transgender woman, a decision her attorney said was the first of its kind.
Texas Supreme Court sides with cheerleaders on ‘Bible banners’
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Supreme Court on Friday sided with a group of school cheerleaders and their parents who are seeking to have a lower court give them the right to put religious messages and biblical quotes on banners at football games…
