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California and 14 other states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its decision to suspend an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting pollution from trucks. The July 6 decision by the Trump EPA was illegal and could put thousands of additional highly polluting trucks on the roads, the states and the District of Columbia said in the lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Dental and vision care benefits will be restored for hundreds of thousands of Medicaid recipients in a sudden reversal by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's administration following an outcry over the recent cuts. The coverage had been abruptly cut at the start of July after a federal judge rejected the Republican governor's plan to overhaul Kentucky's Medicaid program.
In this pMarch 21, 2016, file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. A federal watchdog is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its oversight of state drinking water systems in the wake of the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan.
A 29-year-old Corpus Christi man has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Parker J. Pendergraph pleaded guilty March 26, 2018.
Picking a Supreme Court nominee can be less a science than a kind of holy divination. It's an exercise not only in prophesizing a judge's future decisions based on past actions, but also predicting which questions he or she might one day be asked.
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle enters the Port Isabel Detention Center where adult immigrants are detained, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 near Port Isabel. A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle enters the Port Isabel Detention Center where adult immigrants are detained, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 near Port Isabel.
When was the last time you threw out food because it was "expired" before you could enjoy it? If you're like most Americans, it was today. Yep, the average U.S. citizen tosses almost a pound of food a day, according to a 2018 PLoS ONE study .
Gov. Asa Hutchinson called for state Rep. Mickey Gates to resign Tuesday as the Hot Springs Republican faces criminal charges of failure to pay state income taxes. Gates, a two-term lawmaker, has yet to heed those calls.
Kelly seemed taken aback by the criticism at a forum in Wichita Tuesday night, saying that she has fought hard to expand the medical care program since the day it became an issue for the state. The exchange came near the end of a 1 A1 2 hour debate sponsored by The Wichita Eagle and KPTS public television .
Democratic lawmakers joined scores of scientists, health providers, environmental officials and activists Tuesday in denouncing an industry-backed proposal that could limit dramatically the scientific studies the Environmental Protection Agency considers in shaping protections for human health. If adopted by the Trump administration, the rule would allow an EPA administrator to reject study results in making decisions about chemicals, pollutants and other health risks if underlying research data is not made public because of patient privacy concerns or other issues.
Hearings to examine the Department of the Interior's final list of critical minerals for 2018 and opportunities to strengthen the United States' mineral security. "The Future of Fossil: Energy Technologies Leading the Way" Witnesses: Dr. Roger Aines Senior Scientist, Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Klaus Brun, Program Director, Machinery Program, Fluids & Machinery Engineering Department, Southwest Research Institute; Ms.
Death Row inmate Christopher Young is shown in this undated handout photo provided July 16, 2018. Texas Department of Criminal Justice/Handout via REUTERS - Texas plans to execute a man on Tuesday convicted of murdering a store owner during a 2004 robbery despite calls from some relatives of the victim to spare the life of the inmate whom they say they have forgiven.
In this July 7, 2015 file photo Gwen Carr holds a picture of her son, Eric Garner, during a news conference outside New York Gov. Andrew Coumo's New York office. The New York Police Department says it's moving ahead with disciplinary proceedings against a police officer accused in the chokehold death of Garner, an unarmed man.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said Monday he's become "exasperated" by the Trump administration's slow work to reunify more than 2,600 children separated from their parents, and he ordered the government to halt all deportations of parents for at least a week. Sabraw scolded the Department of Health and Human Services for taking so long to reunite children in its care with their parents held in separate government facilities.
Mahoning township firefighters are on the scene of a lightning strike at 760 Upper Nis Hollow Drive. The strike came during a heavy downpour with lightning and thunder.
Gov. Paul LePage's legacy as Maine's 74th governor will be complex and varied, ranging from his conservative accomplishments to verbal explosions that put Maine in a negative national light. With three of his four terms spent as Democrats held legislative majorities, the Republican governor's veto became the most formidable weapon in his efforts to simultaneously advance his conservative agenda while thwarting liberal and moderate initiatives.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's internal process for firearms-related background checks is gearing up for a change. A secondary system, known as the National Data Exchange , will be implemented in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System , National Public Radio reported.
As a former police officer and retired Superior Court judge, I understand some of Morgan Hill Police Chief David Swing's frustration with respect to some increases in criminal activity in our community. Get editorials, opinion columns, letters to the editor and more in your inbox weekday mornings.
It stands to shift the direction of the nation's highest court for decades, but President Donald Trump's move to fill a Supreme Court vacancy has barely cracked the consciousness of some voters in the nation's top political battlegrounds. Even among this year's most prized voting bloc - educated suburban women - there's no evidence that a groundswell of opposition to a conservative transformation of the judicial branch, which could lead to the erosion or reversal of Roe v.
GARDEN CITY, Ind. - Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build an empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the "front row of the American dream."