US Ordered to Reconsider Denial of Yellowstone Bison Protections

FILE PHOTO – A herd of bison graze in Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S. on June 20, 2011. … (Reuters) – A judge has ruled that U.S. wildlife managers erred in denying Endangered Species Act protection to bison at Yellowstone National Park and must reconsider extending such …

FILE PHOTO: Ethnic Chinese Christians who fled Indonesia after wide scale rioting decades ago and overstayed their visas in the U.S. arrive for a … U.S. District Judge Patti Saris in Boston ruled that ICE cannot move forward with deportation until the Indonesians have a chance to make their cases for legal …

Carter Page, who served as a foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign, was known to U.S. counterintelligence officials for years before he became a prominent figure in a dossier of unverified research about the future president’s ties to Russia. The White House is expected to release as early as …

Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault, listens to victims impact statements during … NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Olympic Committee officials were told in 2015 that an investigation by USA Gymnastics uncovered possible criminal sexual …

WASHINGTON—U.S. worker productivity grew below its long-run average for the seventh straight year in 2017. Nonfarm business-sector productivity, measured as the goods and services produced per hour worked, advanced 1.2% last year from 2016, the Labor Department said Thursday. That matched …

Co-handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil for the crowd gathered at Gobbler’s Knob on the 132nd Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S.February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Freed Reuters. By Gina Cherelus. (Reuters) – Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-forecasting groundhog, …

His execution was the third this year in the United States, all of them in Texas. Lawyers for Battaglia argued he suffered from severe mental illness and was incompetent to be executed. Lawyers for Texas contended Battaglia understood what he had done and was competent. The Supreme Court denied the …

U.S. regulators are scrutinizing one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges as questions mount over a digital token linked to its backers. … While Tether has said all of its coins are backed by U.S. dollars held in reserve, the company has yet to provide conclusive evidence of its holdings to the public …

U.S. oil production surpassed 10 million barrels a day in November for the first time in nearly 50 years, a milestone that underscores the growing dominance of the U.S. oil industry. While global oil exporters once dismissed shale as a flash in the pan, the industry has emerged more efficient than ever from a …