Exclusive-FBI blocked from key access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction case, source says

By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie’s mother, impairing its ability to assist in
Jeanine Pirro files a $250,000 negligence suit in New York over a trip-and-fall

RYE, N.Y. (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has filed a $250,000 negligence lawsuit against her suburban hometown north of New York City and a power utility after claiming she tripped
FBI increasing reward for information in Guthrie case to $100,000, releases new photos

Feb 12 (Reuters) – The FBI said on Thursday it was increasing the reward for information leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of TV news anchor Savannah Guthrie, to $100,000 from $50,000. The agency
Lawyer Tom Goldstein admits ‘mistakes’ but denies tax crimes at US trial

By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Thomas Goldstein told a federal jury weighing criminal tax charges against him on Thursday that he should have paid more attention to his tax
Arizona GOP candidate drops out of primary, narrowing field to two

PHOENIX (AP) — Housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson has suspended her campaign for Arizona governor, saying Thursday she doesn’t want a divisive GOP primary that weakens conservative causes. The exit of the President Donald Trump-endorsed candidate and
GOP senator says he’s open to compromise on Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis from North Carolina suggested Thursday he could support a compromise that would allow the Senate Banking Committee to start hearings on Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding

President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the 2009 endangerment finding, which has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. But in making the announcement, Trump and Environmental
New York tunnel project expects to receive frozen funding

Feb 12 (Reuters) – The commission overseeing the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel Project in New York said on Thursday it expects to soon receive $205 million in frozen federal funding after a U.S. appeals court did
California announces investigation into delayed evacuation orders during LA-area wildfire

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s top prosecutor announced a civil rights investigation Thursday into how delayed evacuations impacted a historically Black community ravaged by one of last year’s deadly wildfires near Los Angeles. Attorney General Rob Bonta
NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

NEW YORK (AP) — New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag Thursday at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd, rebuking the Trump administration for removing the well-known symbol of pride from the LGBTQ+