Feds send Tacoma Port $54.2 million for terminal expansion project Thursday, November 2 by The Center Square (The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Transportation is sending $54.2 million in federal grants to the Port of Tacoma for its terminal expansion project. ... Read More.
U.S. Rep. Newhouse among those opposing feds’ grizzly bear proposal Wednesday, November 1 by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Congressman Dan Newhouse was among a large crowd voicing opposition Monday to a federal proposal to reintroduce grizzly bears into north-central Washington state. ... Read More.
Feds warn of ‘lone actors’ attacks after 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in Illinois Monday, October 16 by ABC News(CHICAGO) -- The suspect in the vicious fatal stabbing of a Palestinian refugee boy in Illinois appeared in court Monday, as FBI Director Christopher Wray expressed concerns that the unprecedented violence erupting in Israel and Gaza will spill over to United States as more... Read More.
Feds add public meetings on Washington grizzly bear restoration Monday, October 16 by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Two federal agencies overseeing a proposal to reintroduce grizzly bears in Washington state’s North Cascades ecosystem have added two more in-person meetings to receive... Read More.
Seventeen Florida sheriff’s office employees charged with COVID relief fraud: Feds Friday, October 13 by ABC News(MIAMI) -- The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced Thursday that it charged 17 employees of the Broward County Sheriff's Office with wire fraud after they allegedly tried to defraud the government in pandemic relief loans.The defendants, who were charged... Read More.
Change in how feds see marijuana could mean big tax cut for pot retailers Thursday, August 31 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is rethinking how it classifies marijuana under a federal list of drugs, a move that could allow the cannabis industry to save potentially billions in federal taxes each year because it would allow producers to write off their business... Read More.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams pushes feds to help migrants get work permits Thursday, August 31 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams, union officials and other city leaders rallied in Manhattan Thursday to call on the federal government to speed up work authorization permits for the thousands of migrants who have been relocated to the city.Adams said... Read More.
White supremacist arrested for threatening Pittsburgh synagogue jury, witnesses: Feds Thursday, August 10 by ABC News(PITTSBURGH, Penn.) -- A West Virginia man was arrested Thursday on charges he threatened the jury and witnesses involved in the trial of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers.Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, called himself the "reverend" of a white supremacy movement and began commenting online... Read More.
Room for two: Feds want small planes’ bathrooms to be big enough for two people Wednesday, July 26 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced a rule that will require airlines to make lavatories on new single-aisle planes large enough for two people to enter in a move to make bathrooms more accessible."Traveling can be stressful enough without worrying about being... Read More.
Feds charge climate protesters for allegedly defacing Edgar Degas exhibit at National Gallery of Art Friday, May 26 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Two members of a climate activist group were arrested and charged Friday for allegedly defacing an art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., during a protest last month.Timothy Martin of North Carolina, and Joanna Smith of New York,... Read More.
Feds say hospitals broke the law by refusing to provide life-saving abortion Monday, May 1 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law last summer when they refused to provide an emergency abortion to a woman who went into premature labor at nearly 18 weeks and risked developing a life-threatening infection, according to initial findings in... Read More.
“That was a mistake”: Steven Spielberg regrets digitally disarming Feds in ‘E.T.’ Wednesday, April 26 by ABC NewsEven a filmmaking legend can have some big-screen regrets.That's the takeaway from Steven Spielberg, who tells Time his decision to digitally edit out firearms from the hands of federal agents in a 20th anniversary rerelease of his classic E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was a mistake.Spielberg... Read More.