Latest USA News
-
North Carolina hearing on alleged election fraud enters third day
![North Carolina hearing on alleged election fraud enters third day](http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/ZvdwAP6M8wFUdz.R2Urygw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2019-02-20T134745Z_1_LYNXNPEF1J0ZY_RTROPTP_2_USA-ELECTION-NORTH-CAROLINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="North Carolina hearing on alleged election fraud enters third day)
The probe into the disputed Nov. 6 election for the state's 9th Congressional District seat has uncovered an unlawful absentee ballot scheme by an operative for Republican candidate Mark Harris, according to testimony at the hearing that could prompt a new vote. The seat has remained vacant since state officials refused to certify Harris' apparent victory over Democratic rival Dan McCready by 905 votes out of 282,717 ballots cast. Andy Yates, founder and partner of consultancy Red Dome Group, testified on Tuesday he paid Dowless more than $130,000 for his work for the Harris campaign. Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:47:45 -0500
Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as Justice Dept. No. 2: senior official![Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as Justice Dept. No. 2: senior official](http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/1dkks7Jpx_it5CYU2A.Trg--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2019-02-20T125217Z_2_LYNXNPEF1J05G_RTROPTP_2_USA-TRUMP-ROSEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as Justice Dept. No. 2: senior official)
By Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said on Tuesday night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation. Rosen, currently deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, would succeed Rod Rosenstein, who appointed a special counsel to investigate possible ties between Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign. ... Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:52:17 -0500
Schools shut, flights canceled as storm sweeps U.S. Midwest, East Coast
The National Weather Service warned the storm could make travel very difficult, with snow, sleet and freezing rain potentially causing downed branches and power outages. The storm reached from northern Minnesota down through Missouri and east into the Mid-Atlantic region and could bring as much as 6 inches (15 cm) of snow along with sleet and freezing rain, the National Weather Service said in an advisory. Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:49:28 -0500
West Virginia teacher strike heads into second day in charter schools fight![West Virginia teacher strike heads into second day in charter schools fight](http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/qz6dI9coCIL8DbD7vOwC4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2019-02-20T110508Z_1_LYNXNPEF1J0QY_RTROPTP_2_USA-EDUCATION-WEST-VIRGINIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="West Virginia teacher strike heads into second day in charter schools fight)
Union leaders vowed to continue the strike after the House of Delegates voted 53-45 to effectively kill legislation opposed by the union that would have opened the first charter schools in the state. Governor Jim Justice, a Republican, vowed to veto it. As a result, West Virginia teachers on Wednesday will converge on the State Capitol building in Charleston for "one more day to make sure there are no legislative antics," American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Fred Albert, president of the labor group's state chapter, said in a statement. Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:42:30 -0500
Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million![Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million](http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/yRH4duk7GqrhSVjt4S.SLQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2019-02-20T054555Z_3_LYNXNPEF1J00L_RTROPTP_2_USA-COVINGTON-SUIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million)
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Kentucky by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann, 16, seeks $250 million in damages, the amount that Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com and the world's richest person, paid for the Post in 2013. The lawsuit claims that the newspaper "wrongfully targeted and bullied" the teen to advance its bias against President Donald Trump because Sandmann is a white Catholic who wore a Make America Great Again souvenir cap on a school field trip to the March for Life anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 18. The Washington Post's Vice President for Communications Kristine Coratti Kelly said: "We are reviewing a copy of the lawsuit and we plan to mount a vigorous defense." In a photo that went viral from the incident, Sandmann is seen standing face to face with Native American activist Nathan Phillips. Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:45:55 -0500
Colorado man beat fiancé to death with bat, burned body: police![Colorado man beat fiancé to death with bat, burned body: police](http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/tbfC.mPRbghiWcyJGL.maA--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2019-02-20T075116Z_1_LYNXNPEF1J0FI_RTROPTP_2_COLORADO-MISSING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Colorado man beat fiancé to death with bat, burned body: police)
A Colorado man accused of murdering his fiancé last November beat the young mother to death with a baseball bat before burning her body, a homicide investigator told a hearing on Tuesday, a court official said. The gruesome details emerged at a day-long preliminary hearing in Teller County District Court in Cripple Creek, Colorado, to decide if there was probable cause to try Patrick Frazee for the disappearance and slaying of 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth. Gregg Slater, an agent with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, testified that Frazee blindfolded Berreth and beat her to death by hitting her on the head with a baseball bat, Jon Sarche, a public information officer with the Colorado Judicial Branch, confirmed to Reuters. Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:06:41 -0500
West Virginia teachers to continue strike, in charter schools fight
A bill that would have opened the first charter schools in West Virginia failed to win approval in the state House of Delegates on Tuesday after Governor Jim Justice, a Republican, vowed to veto it. Union leaders vowed to continue the strike on Wednesday after the House of Delegates voted 53-45 to effectively kill the legislation. Teachers would converge on the State Capitol building in Charleston for "one more day to make sure there are no legislative antics," American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Fred Albert, president of the labor group's state chapter, said in a statement. Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:22:18 -0500
Pressure mounts on Alabama publisher after he urges KKK to 'ride again'
The widespread rebuke of the editorial published last week by The Democrat-Reporter of Linden, a town in western Alabama with a population of about 2,000, came after a student journalist tweeted an image of the piece on Monday, calling attention to its language. The Ku Klux Klan was a white supremacist group that terrorized blacks in the U.S. South and later targeted other minority groups, following the Civil War and the emancipation of African-American slaves. "The rhetoric displayed by the Democrat-Reporter is disturbing, disgusting, and entirely unacceptable," U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, said in a statement on Tuesday. Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:59:14 -0500
U.S. agency to cancel $929 million in California high-speed rail funds![U.S. agency to cancel $929 million in California high-speed rail funds](http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/l7FYtMU.C.XHA9Uh4y3WZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2019-02-20T015503Z_2_LYNXNPEF1J02G_RTROPTP_2_CALIFORNIA-GOVERNOR-RAIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. agency to cancel $929 million in California high-speed rail funds)
California Governor Gavin Newsom said last week the state will dramatically scale back a planned $77.3 billion high-speed rail project that has faced cost hikes, delays and management concerns, but will finish a smaller section of the line. The Transportation Department's Federal Railroad Administration said in a letter it wanted to halt funding because the state had "failed to make reasonable progress." It cited Newsom's announcement to scale back the project. Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:55:03 -0500
Trump confident he will prevail against lawsuits over emergency declaration
President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Tuesday that he would prevail against a lawsuit filed by 16 U.S. states seeking to block his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. The group of states, including California and New York, has charged the president and top officials in his administration with taking away taxpayer funds for their communities to fulfill a promise from his 2016 campaign to curb illegal immigration and the flow of drugs. Trump's remarks to reporters in the Oval Office suggested he was not concerned or surprised by the states' legal challenge. Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:40:37 -0500