U.S. Supreme Court gives taxpayers more power to fight IRS summons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that taxpayers have a right to challenge an Internal Revenue Service summons enforcement action in court when they can show the tax agency might have issued the summons in bad …
Two men arrested in Texas on terrorism charges
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Two men in central Texas have been arrested on charges of trying “to provide material support to terrorists,” with one of the pair seeking to aid extremist groups fighting in Syria, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Donald Sterling’s wife to seek court protections for witnesses -source
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s wife on Thursday will ask a Los Angeles judge to order her husband’s attorneys not to harass her legal team and witnesses, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch urges U.S. immigration reform
(Reuters) – Media mogul Rupert Murdoch urged U.S. lawmakers to tackle far-reaching immigration reform, saying that scrapping quotas on special visas and promoting paths to citizenship would boost U.S. growth and innovation.
Fireworks plant explosion in Washington state kills one
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An explosion at Washington state fireworks plant killed a 74-year-old man and injured two others as workers were loading shells onto a truck headed to a show, a Thurston County dispatcher and local media said.
Tornado damages homes and businesses in South Dakota town
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (Reuters) – A tornado plowed through the heart of a small town in eastern South Dakota on Wednesday, causing heavy damage to numerous homes and businesses, but no serious injuries were reported, weather and emergency management officia…
Deadly pig virus cases in U.S. projected to surge after summer
(Reuters) – U.S. veterinarians are warning that outbreaks of a deadly pig virus will climb this autumn after a summertime hiatus, likely killing another 2.5 million pigs over the next 12 months and amplifying an increase in pork prices.
Suspect in ‘Fast & Furious’ slaying of border agent extradited to U.S
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A suspected drug cartel figure accused of killing U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in a case tied to the government’s ill-fated “Fast and Furious” gun-running sting was extradited from Mexico to Arizona to face murder charges,…
Embassy bomb plotter should have communications limits eased: judge
DENVER (Reuters) – An al Qaeda operative serving a life sentence for his role in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Tanzania that killed 11 people should have restrictions on his communications eased, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. military identifies 17 service members after wreckage from 1950s crash found
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – The bodies of 17 U.S. service members recovered from a 1952 military aircraft crash have been identified following discovery of the wreckage two years ago in Alaska’s Chugach Mountain range, military officials said on Wednesday.
