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Greenpeace says a pipeline company's lawsuit threatens the organization's future
Read full article: Greenpeace says a pipeline company's lawsuit threatens the organization's futureA Texas pipeline company has sued Greenpeace accusing the organization of defamation, disruptions and attacks during protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Jury selection to begin in murder trial of suspect in suburban Chicago July 4 parade
Read full article: Jury selection to begin in murder trial of suspect in suburban Chicago July 4 paradeThe man accused of opening fire on a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade and killing seven people is about to stand trial nearly three years after the attack.
Democratic governors balance whether to fight or pacify after Trump threatens one of their own
Read full article: Democratic governors balance whether to fight or pacify after Trump threatens one of their ownPresident Donald Trump’s real-time confrontation with Maine’s governor over transgender athletes captured the conundrum many Democratic governors are facing in the Republican’s second term.
Hochul says she made a case to Trump for NYC's congestion pricing, yet predicts courts will decide
Read full article: Hochul says she made a case to Trump for NYC's congestion pricing, yet predicts courts will decideNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she told President Donald Trump in a private meeting at the White House that congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan are necessary and working.
'Captain America' dives in second weekend, 'The Monkey' adds to Neon's successes
Read full article: 'Captain America' dives in second weekend, 'The Monkey' adds to Neon's successes“Captain America: Brave New World” soared on opening weekend, but crash-landed in its second go-around with audiences.
Key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk's latest demand in his cost-cutting crusade
Read full article: Key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk's latest demand in his cost-cutting crusadeKey federal agencies such as the FBI, State Department and Pentagon have instructed their employees not to comply with Elon Musk’s latest demand that they explain what they accomplished last week or risk losing their job.
Motive in Pennsylvania hospital shooting unclear, but officials say man had recent contact with ICU
Read full article: Motive in Pennsylvania hospital shooting unclear, but officials say man had recent contact with ICUInvestigators are trying to determine why a man targeted a Pennsylvania hospital, taking workers inside the intensive care unit hostage and holding one staff member at gunpoint as her hands were bound by zip ties.
States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump's immigration crackdown
Read full article: States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump's immigration crackdownRepublican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses
Read full article: Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campusesAn Ohio law designating school bathrooms for use by people based on their sex at birth kicks in soon.
Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother's grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones
Read full article: Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother's grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphonesA Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different.
Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences
Read full article: Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequencesHundreds of thousands of federal workers have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week.
NY governor makes case for Manhattan tolls in meeting with Trump after feds ordered a halt
Read full article: NY governor makes case for Manhattan tolls in meeting with Trump after feds ordered a haltNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul has made the case for Manhattan’s congestion tolling during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump.
Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospital
Read full article: Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospitalAuthorities say a gunman entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead.
USDA scholarship for students at historically Black colleges suspended
Read full article: USDA scholarship for students at historically Black colleges suspendedA federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold.
Venezuelan family in US under curtailed humanitarian protections clings to faith amid uncertainty
Read full article: Venezuelan family in US under curtailed humanitarian protections clings to faith amid uncertaintyEach Sunday, Johann Teran goes to worship at a bilingual Lutheran service in suburban Minneapolis.
Chaotic scene unfolded as 3 were shot and killed outside Kentucky driver's license office
Read full article: Chaotic scene unfolded as 3 were shot and killed outside Kentucky driver's license officeWitnesses and authorities described a chaotic scene in which three people were shot and killed outside of a Kentucky driver’s license office, including one man shot multiple times by masked assailants.
Warren Buffett offers Donald Trump some advice while celebrating Berkshire Hathaway's success
Read full article: Warren Buffett offers Donald Trump some advice while celebrating Berkshire Hathaway's successWarren Buffett is celebrating the successes of Berkshire Hathaway’s companies last year and in the 60 years since he took over a struggling New England textile company and began converting it into a massive conglomerate.
Border Patrol agent whose death is tied to cultlike Zizians is buried with military honors
Read full article: Border Patrol agent whose death is tied to cultlike Zizians is buried with military honorsA U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed during a traffic stop in Vermont has been buried with full military honors at a national cemetery in Minneapolis.
Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area fires
Read full article: Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area firesWhen 11-year-old Ceiba Phillips returned to his Southern California neighborhood a month after the devastating Eaton fire, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
Judge upholds ban on DOGE accessing sensitive Treasury information, for now
Read full article: Judge upholds ban on DOGE accessing sensitive Treasury information, for nowA federal judge in Manhattan has extended a ban on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency accessing sensitive Treasury Department information, but rejected broader restrictions sought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general who sued over the issue.
National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers
Read full article: National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workersThe Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of fired National Park Service employees and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency.
Trump says he may take control of the US Postal Service. Here's what to know
Read full article: Trump says he may take control of the US Postal Service. Here's what to knowPresident Donald Trump says he may put the U.S. Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department in what would amount to an executive branch takeover of the independent agency.
Trump administration reverses its previous decision and reinstates legal aid for migrant children
Read full article: Trump administration reverses its previous decision and reinstates legal aid for migrant childrenDays after telling legal groups who help migrant children who arrive in America alone — some so young they are in diapers or their feet dangle from their chairs in court — that they must stop their work, the federal government reversed itself.
Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme
Read full article: Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance schemeThe FBI in Las Vegas says a woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme.
Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol on assault charge after press conference
Read full article: Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol on assault charge after press conferenceFormer Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio has been arrested near the U.S. Capitol on a charge that he assaulted a woman protesting a gathering attended by Tarrio and others who received presidential pardons for crimes stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the nation’s capital.
LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month
Read full article: LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last monthSix weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a public rift over preparations for the fires and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall.
Steve Bannon is accused of doing a straight-arm Nazi salute at CPAC but says it was just 'a wave'
Read full article: Steve Bannon is accused of doing a straight-arm Nazi salute at CPAC but says it was just 'a wave'Steve Bannon has been accused of making a Nazi salute at a conservative gathering where President Donald Trump is slated to speak this weekend, but says the gesture was merely “a wave.”.
LA district attorney opposes new trial for Menendez brothers, still deciding on resentencing
Read full article: LA district attorney opposes new trial for Menendez brothers, still deciding on resentencingThe Los Angeles district attorney says he not yet decided whether to recommend resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Judge cancels NYC Mayor Eric Adams' trial and leaves corruption charges intact until mid-March
Read full article: Judge cancels NYC Mayor Eric Adams' trial and leaves corruption charges intact until mid-MarchA federal judge has adjourned the corruption trial for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and appointed counsel to advise the court on how to handle the Justice Department's request to drop charges against the Democrat.
Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees
Read full article: Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employeesPresident Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.
Trump administration looks to slash HUD workers tackling the housing crisis
Read full article: Trump administration looks to slash HUD workers tackling the housing crisisThe Trump administration’s proposal to layoff half of federal workers at the nation’s housing agency is targeting employees who support disaster recovery, rental subsidies, discrimination investigations and first-time homebuyers, according to two documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama
Read full article: Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in AlabamaThe U.S. Supreme Court says people left waiting for months on their unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic in Alabama must be able to sue the state over the delay.
The Latest: Trump signals he’s open to multiple budget bills instead of just one
Read full article: The Latest: Trump signals he’s open to multiple budget bills instead of just oneHours after the Senate approved a spending framework, President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview that he’s open to approving the spending plan in multiple bills “as long as we get to the same point.”.
Their mosque burned down in LA-area wildfire. They're still determined to gather for Ramadan
Read full article: Their mosque burned down in LA-area wildfire. They're still determined to gather for RamadanMembers of Masjid Al-Taqwa, a mosque which burned down in one of the recent Los Angeles-area wildfires, are scrambling to find a space where they can gather, pray and support one another during the holy month of Ramadan.
A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie
Read full article: A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman RushdieA New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder.
Luigi Mangione draws crowd for first court hearing since arraignment in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
Read full article: Luigi Mangione draws crowd for first court hearing since arraignment in UnitedHealthcare CEO killingThe man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has appeared in court for the first time since his arraignment on state murder and terror charges.
How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
Read full article: How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workersThe termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires.
Survivors of past air disasters offer support after Toronto crash
Read full article: Survivors of past air disasters offer support after Toronto crashSurvivors of past aviation accidents are offering advice and support to the 80 passengers and crew members of the plane that crashed and flipped over in Toronto.
Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding
Read full article: Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research fundingA federal judge is continuing to block the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding.
IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts say
Read full article: IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts sayExperts say the layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers likely mean the end of the agency’s plans to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections.
Kids' disability rights cases stalled as Trump began to overhaul Education Department
Read full article: Kids' disability rights cases stalled as Trump began to overhaul Education DepartmentAs President Donald Trump reshaped the Education Department, parents say investigations and mediations into kids' disability rights cases ground to a halt.
Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report shows
Read full article: Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report showsDr. Mehmet Oz holds millions of dollars worth of shares in health insurance, fertility, pharmaceutical and vitamin companies.
Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisis
Read full article: Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisisA former Colorado sheriff’s deputy has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community.
Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing
Read full article: Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failingAbortion rights groups fear punishment for women who have abortions and governments tracking pregnancies.
The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests
Read full article: The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense restsThe New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has declined to testify in his defense.
Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000
Read full article: Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000A new and massive study finds that climate change is melting the world’s mountain glaciers faster than ever.
Florida files suit against Target, claiming DEI initiatives 'misled investors'
Read full article: Florida files suit against Target, claiming DEI initiatives 'misled investors'Florida’s new attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit against Target, claiming the discount store chain “misled investors” by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that prompted a backlash and ultimately cost shareholders.
A flight to a Toronto paramedics conference becomes a real emergency for a former EMT
Read full article: A flight to a Toronto paramedics conference becomes a real emergency for a former EMTFormer paramedic Peter Carlson is still coming to grips with the shuddering jolt he and 79 others experienced when a Delta Air Lines plane flipped over while landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
Nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants are flown home from Guantanamo Bay, with a layover in Honduras
Read full article: Nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants are flown home from Guantanamo Bay, with a layover in HondurasNearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. have returned to their home country after being detained at Guantanamo Bay in a flurry of flights that forged an unprecedented pathway for U.S. deportations.