Trump administration pledges $1.8 billion more for UN humanitarian aid
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday announced $1.8 billion in additional funding for U.N. humanitarian aid, saying the money will be earmarked for life-saving aid to victims of natural disasters, famine and “people who
Man accused of wounding two drivers in Cambridge shooting spree pleads not guilty
BOSTON (AP) — A man accused of wounding two drivers when he fired at least 70 rounds from an assault-style weapon on a busy street near Boston pleaded not guilty Thursday to assault and other charges. Tyler
Xavier Becerra’s decades in public office are a blessing and a curse in his California governor bid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Xavier Becerra is counting on his decades-long public career to catapult him into the California governor’s office, but that lengthy political resume has also given his critics fodder to question his competence
US Border Patrol chief announces his resignation in a Fox News interview
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the federal agency that patrols the borders of the United States says he is resigning. The U.S. Border Patrol chief, Michael Banks, told Fox News in an interview Thursday that his
Oklahoma’s Richard Glossip, who was nearly executed 3 times, granted bond while awaiting retrial
An Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed former death row prisoner Richard Glossip to be released on bond while awaiting retrial over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of execution three separate times. The decision
Senators vote to withhold their own pay during future government shutdowns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to withhold their pay during government shutdowns, an attempt to make federal closures financially painful for lawmakers after a string of record-breaking impasses in the past year. The
US jury awards family of Boeing 737 MAX crash victim $49.5 million
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of a woman who was killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX. The
US says it has removed enriched uranium from Venezuela’s shuttered reactor
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – The United States has removed excess highly-enriched uranium from Venezuela’s shuttered research reactor, the State Department said on Thursday. (Reporting by Katharine Jackson;Editing by David Ljunggren) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
Harvey Weinstein back in court after feeling ill as jury deliberates in his rape retrial
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein returned to court and jurors resumed deliberating in his rape retrial Thursday, a day after the former movie tycoon reported chest pains while in the courthouse. Weinstein, who’s 74 and has
This court became a symbol of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now it’s at the center of a House race
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan has come to represent the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in New York City, with agents carrying out chaotic and sometimes violent arrests in the hallway as