Lawsuit seeks to stop law limiting St. Louis County traffic fine revenue
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – A Missouri law aimed at reducing local governments’ reliance on revenue from minor traffic violations is unconstitutional because it singles out St. Louis County, an attorney who filed a lawsuit against the law said on Thursday.
U.S. FCC proposes upgraded wireless emergency alerts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed upgrading wireless emergency alerts to the nation’s more than 350 million mobile phones.
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes Oklahoma, Kansas
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck northern Oklahoma early on Thursday, rattling residents out of their beds and shaking the ground across a 100-mile (160-km) radius that included the city of Tulsa and the state of Kansas.
Arkansas suspends judge facing charges of sexual misconduct
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge accused by a state panel of multiple disciplinary infractions, including sexual impropriety with defendants, was suspended on Thursday by the chief of the state Supreme Court. 
Chicago judge orders police torelease video of black teen’s shooting death
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A judge in Chicago ruled on Thursday that police must release a video of the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old black teenager in October 2014, after a journalist sued the city’s police department to make the information public.
Defying Obama, U.S. House passes bill to slow Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passed Republican-backed legislation on Thursday to suspend Obama’s program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year and t…
Oklahoma governor wants funding cut to Planned Parenthood affiliates
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, a Republican, has requested that the state’s Health Care Authority cut its contracts with two Planned Parenthood affiliates, citing high rates of billing errors, her office said on Thursday.
New Islamic State video threatens attack on White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.
Judge Noble to retire from Delaware’s key corporate court
WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) – One of the most important venues for U.S. corporate disputes, Delaware’s Court of Chancery, will lose one of its five judges when Vice Chancellor John Noble retires in February.
Apparent mixup over off-duty pilot triggers LAX security alert
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A security alert over a report of an unauthorized person trying to board a JetBlue Airways plane at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday apparently was triggered by an off-duty pilot who ended up taking another flight i…
