WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that had curtailed the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.The justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule and sending it…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan deal to inject $10 billion into Covid relief operations has stalled over a political fight over immigration, potentially delaying the White House’s requested money for weeks.The battle centers on the Biden administration’s decision to end a pandemic rule known as Title 42, which lets U.S. officials quickly turn away asylum-seekers at…Continue Reading
A “survivalist” who faked his own death before fleeing Iowa in 2016 to avoid a child sex abuse image trial was arrested Monday in Washington state, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.After nearly six years on the lam, Jacob Greer, 28, of Des Moines, was found and apprehended in Spanaway, the service said in a…Continue Reading
No charges will be filed in the death of Amir Locke, a Black 22-year-old man shot by a SWAT team officer during a no-knock warrant raid in Minneapolis in February, officials announced Wednesday. Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement they are declining to file criminal charges…Continue Reading
Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit “Shape of You” on Wednesday, then slammed what he described as a “culture” of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid…Continue Reading
Mary Yee was in elementary school when the neighborhood she grew up in, Boston’s Chinatown, was destroyed.Beginning in the late 1950s, the state built a pair of sprawling freeways, Interstates 93 and 90, through the historic neighborhood and demolished hundreds of row houses and storefronts where working-class immigrants lived and thrived.For the first time, Congress…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — The U.S. will impose a new round of economic sanctions on Russia, the White House announced on Wednesday, including on the adult children of President Vladimir Putin and other influential Russians, in response to new accusations he committed war crimes in Ukraine. “These oligarchs and their family members are not allowed to hold…Continue Reading
GALENA, Mo. — A judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during a 2018 Missouri storm.The boat was swamped by waves caused by strong winds shortly after it entered Table Rock Lake near Branson on July 19, 2018. Riders from Missouri, Indiana, Illinois…Continue Reading
Prosecutors announced Wednesday they will not file charges against the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a February no-knock raid. “There is insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case. Specifically, the State would be unable to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements of Minnesota’s use-of-deadly-force statute that authorizes…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) has bought 2 million barrels of Russian Urals for May loading from trader Trafigura, two sources familiar with the purchase said. Refiners in India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, have been snapping up Russian oil through spot deals since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February…Continue Reading
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