Ken Bredemeier U.S. and Michigan state environmental officials blamed each other Wednesday for not moving quickly enough to avert the toxic water crisis in the city of Flint that has left at least 200 children with elevated levels of lead in their bloodstream. Kenneth Creagh, the director of the Michigan environmental agency, told a congressional […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today met with students at Smithfield High School to preview one of her Jobs Plan priorities – making the SAT and PSAT free for public high school students. She was joined by Education Commissioner Ken Wagner, Representative Joseph McNamara, and Senator Stephen Archambault. «This is about leveling the […]Load more...
Washington, DC – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bipartisan Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), sponsored by Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Chris Coons (D-DE), to create a new federal right of action for trade secret theft. The measure would also empower litigants to seek civil seizure of stolen trade secrets and other property in […]Load more...
Mary Alice Salinas WHITE HOUSE—President Barack Obama met with his defense chief at the White House on Friday as the White House ramps up its strategy to defeat Islamic State and the group’s attempts to expand beyond Iraq and Syria into Libya. The president met with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter after directing his security […]Load more...
DES MOINES, IOWA—A naturalized U.S. citizen from China entered a plea agreement with federal prosecutors Wednesday, admitting he participated in a conspiracy to steal seed corn from U.S. companies. Mo Hailong, a lawful and permanent resident of the United States, was living in Florida when he was arrested in December 2013. He is accused of […]Load more...
Reuters WASHINGTON—The city of Ferguson, Missouri, released details on Wednesday of a tentative deal with the U.S. Justice Department to reform its police department and resolve a federal probe following the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager that ignited national protests.The shooting of 18-year-old, unarmed Michael Brown by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson […]Load more...
VOA News The nearly monthlong standoff at a federal wildlife refuge in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon between authorities and a group of armed occupiers appears to be winding down. The FBI and Oregon State Police say two members of the group, Duane Leo Ehmer and Dylan Wade Anderson, were arrested late Wednesday afternoon […]Load more...
Associated Press LANSING, MICH.—Environmental and civil rights groups are asking a federal judge to order the prompt replacement of all lead pipes in Flint’s water system to ensure residents of the Michigan city have a safe drinking supply. A lawsuit filed Wednesday morning seeks an order forcing city and state officials to remedy alleged violations […]Load more...
Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL—U.S. lawmakers are expected Thursday to take another step toward boosting sanctions on North Korea when a Senate panel votes on a package of punitive measures weeks after Pyongyang claimed to have tested a hydrogen nuclear bomb.“It will put in place mandatory sanctions against North Korea itself, but also those entities that support […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier Law enforcement officials had surrounded the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday after a violent confrontation the day before with protesters who had been occupying the wildlife refuge in the northwestern state of Oregon for nearly a month. U.S. authorities on Tuesday killed one protester and arrested eight others who had been demanding […]Load more...
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