Winter storm pummels eastern United States, grounds flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A late winter storm pummeled the eastern United States on Thursday ahead of a cold front, canceling almost 5,000 flights as Kentucky dug out from up to 23 inches (58 cm) of snow that had stranded hundreds of drivers.
Review of Hillary Clinton emails to take months: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A growing controversy over Democrat Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email for work while she was U.S. secretary of state could drag on for months, threatening to cloud the expected launch of her 2016 presidential campaign.
State Department reviewing if Hillary Clinton’s emails broke rules: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has begun a review of whether Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email for work while she was secretary of state violated policies aimed at protecting sensitive information, the Washington Post reported o…
Idaho ex-governors say U.S. wants state to be nuclear waste dump
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Former Idaho Governors Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt threatened on Thursday to sue the U.S. Energy Department to prevent what they said was its efforts to turn the state into “a nuclear waste dumping ground.”
California ‘maternity hotel’ operators may face heat from guests
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – At least some of the pregnant women from China caught up in raids this week on so-called maternity hotels, catering to foreign mothers-to-be seeking U.S. citizenship for their babies, are still likely to remain long enough in Ca…
Protest over homelessness sprawls in Tucson, Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – A federal lawsuit stemming from the Occupy movement more than three years ago has led to a sprawling homelessness protest in Tucson, Arizona, that has scores of people living in coffin-like plywood sidewalk “pods,” and the cou…
U.S. appeals court puts Nebraska same-sex marriages on hold
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday put on hold a federal judge’s ruling that would have allowed same-sex couples in Nebraska to marry starting on Monday.
BNSF oil train derails in rural Illinois; two cars aflame
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A BNSF Railway [BNISF.UL] train loaded with crude oil derailed and caught fire on Thursday afternoon in a rural area south of Galena, Illinois, according to local officials and the company.
Exclusive: New York attorney general seeks information on financier Epstein’s philanthropy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Attorney General’s Office has sent letters to the charitable foundation of financier Jeffrey Epstein seeking information on whether it is complying with state registration requirements.
Protests shut down University of California Santa Cruz campus
(Reuters) – Protesters shut down the campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz on Thursday, police said, on the fourth day of demonstrations that organizers said were over planned tuition hikes as well as police brutality.
