Tag: United States government
Judge blocks another bid to shut down Line 3 construction
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has rejected another attempt by opponents to shut down construction work on Enbridge Energy's replacement for its aging Line...
Ex-spokesman kills self outside Texas congresswoman’s home
IRVING, Texas — A former campaign spokesman for freshman Rep. Beth Van Duyne, of Texas, shot and killed himself outside of the Irving Republican’s...
Army major in Georgia gets 30 years on child porn charge
AUGUSTA, Ga. — An Army officer in Georgia who held a top-secret security clearance has been sentenced to serve three decades in federal prison...
Report faults landing of Southwest jet that overshot runway
A federal investigator says Southwest Airlines pilots on a flight into Burbank, California, overshot the ideal touchdown point and should have aborted the landing...
Millie Hughes-Fulford, trailblazing astronaut, dies at 75
SAN FRANCISCO — Millie Hughes-Fulford, a trailblazing astronaut and scientist who became the first female payload specialist to fly in space for NASA, died...
Man pleads guilty to driving through crowd at Jones rally
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama man who drove his three-wheeled motorcycle through a crowd of supporters of then-U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, injuring one woman,...
Residents gather in South Dakota to lament loss of pipeline
PHILIP, S.D. — Residents and business owners upset by the loss of the Keystone XL pipeline gathered in southwestern South Dakota on Monday and...
Amid COVID shutdowns, GOP’s McCarthy attended son’s wedding
MORRO BAY, Calif. — At a time when California residents were being urged to avoid social gatherings because of the risk of spreading coronavirus,...
UK tech tycoon fights US extradition over ill-fated HP deal
LONDON — A British tech entrepreneur appeared in a London court Tuesday to fight extradition to the United States on fraud charges stemming from...
Cuban official asks Biden’s gov’t to reconsider sanctions
HAVANA — A top Cuban official said on Thursday that declassified U.S. documents pointing out deficiencies in the response to health issues reported by...