Congress averts government shutdown, Obama signs funding measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ending weeks of infighting, the U.S. Congress on Wednesday voted to avert a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a stop-gap measure to extend funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11.
Remains of missing Colorado teen found in chimney of cabin
DENVER (Reuters) – The body of a Colorado teenager who vanished seven years ago was found stuck in the chimney of a mountain cabin within a mile of where he went missing, authorities said on Wednesday.
U.S. Secret Service combed files of lawmaker probing agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. Secret Service employees earlier this year combed the files of a House lawmaker who had been critical of security lapses at the agency and disclosed some of his personal information that was then published in the m…
Bid to repeal California school vaccination law may falter
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A plan to ask voters to repeal a new California law tightening vaccination requirements for school-age children may falter due to a shortfall in signatures needed to put the referendum on the ballot.
New York Military Academy sold in bidding war to Chinese investors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The bankrupt New York Military Academy, a 126-year-old preparatory school on the Hudson River that counts billionaire Donald Trump among its graduates, was sold on Wednesday after a bidding war between groups backed by two China-ba…
Texas governor seeks more border security help
DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked the federal government on Wednesday for more law enforcement help to manage another large influx of people crossing the Mexico border illegally.
Oklahoma sheriff to resign after indictments linked to fatal shooting
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz said on Wednesday he plans to resign after a grand jury recommended his removal and indicted him on two misdemeanors in an investigation spurred by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man b…
U.S. Secret Service combed files of lawmaker probing agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. Secret Service employees earlier this year combed the files of a House lawmaker who had been critical of security lapses at the agency and disclosed some of his personal information that was then published in the m…
Oklahoma governor grants last-minute stay of execution after drug mix-up
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s governor granted a last-minute stay of execution on Wednesday to an inmate convicted of hiring a hit man, saying the state needed time to determine if one of three drugs it planned to use complies with its court-app…
Murder trial begins for contractor in Philadelphia building collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A contractor on trial for murder for his role in the demolition of a Philadelphia building that triggered a neighboring store’s collapse and killed six people in 2013 operated out of greed at the cost of safety, prosecutors arg…
