• Deaths on a boat off Cuba spotlight Florida anti-government groups
    MIAMI (AP) — A stolen boat, with 10 people aboard, loaded with weapons, departs the Florida Keys but gunfire erupts before reaching Cuba. The explanation, according to the Cuban government, is the men aboard were terrorists who wanted to infiltrate the country. The fatal shooting broke out Wednesday amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and […]
  • Los Angeles school superintendent placed on paid leave during federal probe
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles public schools in the nation’s second-largest district, was put on paid leave Friday, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters. Authorities have not provided details of the nature of the investigation involving the school district, which […]
  • North Dakota judge finalizes $345 million judgment against Greenpeace in pipeline case
    By Nate Raymond Feb 27 (Reuters) – A North Dakota judge on Friday finalized a $345 million judgment against Greenpeace in a lawsuit pursued by pipeline company Energy Transfer over the environmental group’s role in protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The final judgment by Judge James Gion was in line with […]
  • Retail customers file lawsuits over tariffs against FedEx and Ray-Bans maker
    NEW YORK (AP) — At least two retail customers pursuing tariff-related refunds have filed proposed class-action lawsuits in U.S. courts against companies that also sued to recoup costs from the import taxes the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the legal authority to do so. The federal court lawsuits brought against delivery […]
  • Wisconsin man gets 16½ years in prison for forging threats against Trump in a deportation scheme
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced to 16½ years in prison a Wisconsin man who forged threats against President Donald Trump as part of a scheme to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported. A Milwaukee County jury in January convicted 52-year-old Demetric DeShawn Scott of felony identity theft, […]