U.S. Internet providers hit with tougher rules, plan challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the strictest-ever rules on Internet providers, who in turn pledged to battle the new restrictions in the courts and Congress, saying they would discourage investment and stifle innovation.
Bid for more US defense funds gets chilly House reception
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military officials seeking a big boost in defense spending received little encouragement on Thursday from a House panel reviewing their bid for more funds, with one lawmaker saying the extra money would have to be cut “with …
Two injured in Silicon Valley hazardous materials incident
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two people suffered minor injuries on Thursday in an unspecified hazardous materials incident in the Silicon Valley community of Sunnyvale, California, a city spokeswoman said.
Man arrested in shooting death of transgender woman in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police have arrested a self-described former gang member suspected of killing a transgender woman who was shot to death in Los Angeles as she pounded on the front door of a house seeking help, investigators said on Thursday.
Supreme Court protesters say no plans to disrupt Obamacare case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An activist group that has twice disrupted U.S. Supreme Court proceedings in the past year says it does not intend to stage similar protests when the justices hear a major case next week that could gut President Barack Obama’s si…
Case of missing New York boy focuses on where body may have been dumped
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A crime scene expert in the trial of a man accused of a decades-old New York murder testified on Thursday that the alley where the suspect said he dumped the victim’s body was a bakery at the time.
NY police officer’s complaint about quota was free speech: court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a New York City police officer who criticized an arrest quota at his precinct was protected by the First Amendment.
CSX reopens rail line shut after oil train derailment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – CSX on Thursday afternoon reopened a West Virginia train line that had been shut following an explosive oil train derailment on Feb. 16 in the town of Mount Carbon.
Omaha officer investigated after shooting suspect in the back
(Reuters) – A grand jury will investigate whether an Omaha policeman broke any laws when he fatally shot an unarmed man in the back in a confrontation after the suspect allegedly committed a robbery, officials said on Thursday.
Lupita Nyong’o’s $150,000 Oscars dress stolen from hotel
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Reuters) – The $150,000 pearl-studded, custom-made Calvin Klein dress worn by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o at this year’s Academy Awards has been stolen, police said on Thursday.
