North Carolina lawmaker accused of sex crimes resigns from state House
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state lawmaker accused by authorities of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old resigned his legislative seat on Friday. His departure came just after the House speaker announced a committee to investigate
USDA to release November crop supply/demand report despite government shutdown
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) said on Friday that it will release several key agriculture reports in November, including a monthly crop supply and demand report that
Drugmakers must face skincare drug price-fixing lawsuit, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday said 36 drugmakers and executives must face nearly all claims in an antitrust lawsuit brought by most U.S. states, accusing them of conspiring to fix prices of 80
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs transferred to New Jersey prison to serve 4-year prostitution-related sentence
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been transferred to a prison in New Jersey to serve out the remainder of his four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related charges. The hip-hop mogul is currently incarcerated at the
“Where would America be without us?” A community of refugees is stunned by White House limits
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woman remembers when she first moved to the neighborhood more than 20 years ago, and the streets were full of empty storefronts and seemingly relentless poverty. Today, Minneapolis’ Lake Street corridor is jammed
Guyana arrests incoming opposition leader following US extradition request
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Authorities in Guyana arrested the South American country’s incoming opposition leader on Friday following an extradition request from the U.S. government. Azruddin Mohamed, one of Guyana’s wealthiest citizens, was recently indicted by a
NY judge dismisses legal challenge from Texas in early test of abortion shield law
A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of
Trump asks lawyers to seek clarification on funding food aid after rulings
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had instructed his lawyers to ask for clarification regarding court rulings that barred the Trump administration from suspending food aid during the ongoing government shutdown. “If we are
FBI confirms shooter in deadly Michigan church attack despised Mormons
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze was motivated by “anti religious beliefs” against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the FBI confirmed Friday. While
Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington,
