Prison guard accused of failing to step in during fatal inmate beating pleads to reduced charge
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene as fellow officers beat an inmate to death pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Friday after jurors deliberating over a more serious manslaughter charge
Orcas put on a show off Seattle
With breaches and tail slapping, a pod of orca whales put on a show near Seattle on Friday. The close encounter attracted dozens of people to the shore of the West Seattle neighborhood. Whale watchers identified the
Judge allows members of Zizians group to work together on defense ahead of Maryland trial
Cumberland, Md. (AP) — Three members of the Zizians, a cultlike group linked to six deaths across the U.S., were granted permission Friday to work together in preparation for their upcoming trial on trespassing, weapons and drug
Top US immigration judge says bond hearings should be denied despite court rulings, documents show
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The top U.S. immigration judge has told her colleagues that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people
Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has spent his second term bulldozing elected and appointed officials who resist him or refuse to bend to his demands. But he may have met his match in Federal Reserve Chair
California protester left blind in one eye is among string of violent run-ins with federal agents
A 21-year-old college student who said he was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal officer during a Southern California protest said he faces a drastically different life now. Kaden Rummler said in
Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. The case involves what is a known
At Fed in 2020, division, independence were concerns in the face of pandemic
Jan 16 (Reuters) – At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates and used massive bond purchases to flood financial markets with liquidity to try to offset the actual and potential
Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal from global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer.
Trump thanks Iran for not following through on executions of political prisoners
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of political prisoners. “Iran canceled
