US senator, Reality winner, Jacob Goodwin, Hurricane: All news round-up

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

U.S. senators seek review of lead in military housing, citing Reuters

Eight U.S. senators are pushing for a federal review of the military's plans to protect children from exposure to lead, citing a Reuters report on lead poisoning in military housing. In an amendment filed this week to a defense funding bill, the senators, including senior members of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs committees, are asking the Government Accountability Office to examine the military's handling of lead poisoning risks nationwide. Most military family housing has been privatized and is operated by corporations in partnership with the branches of the armed services.

Reality Winner sentenced for leaking top-secret U.S. report

A federal judge sentenced former U.S. intelligence contractor Reality Winner on Thursday to more than five years in prison after she admitted leaking to a media outlet a top-secret report on Russian interference in U.S. elections, her attorney said. Winner, 26, who has already spent nearly two years in jail, pleaded guilty in June to pass the National Security Agency report to The Intercept in 2016. She will receive credit for the time she spent in pre-trial confinement, said one of her attorneys, Titus Nichols.

Man sentenced to eight years for Charlottesville beating

A white supremacist convicted of being part of a group of men that beat a black man in a Virginia parking garage during a "Unite the Right" rally last year in Charlottesville was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in prison, local media reported. Jacob Goodwin, 23, one of three men convicted or pleading guilty to the beating, was sentenced by a Charlottesville Circuit Court judge, WVIR-TV in Charlottesville and others reported.

Hurricane Lane threatens direct hit on Hawaii, churns toward Oahu

Hurricane Lane, threatening a direct hit as Hawaii's worst storm in a quarter century, on Thursday churned toward Oahu, the island with the largest population, as schools, government offices, and business closed and residents stocked up on supplies and boarded up homes. Packing sustained winds of up to 130 miles per hour (215 km per hour), Lane could dump as much as 20 inches of rain, triggering flash floods and landslides, the National Weather Service said.

U.S. judge says lawsuit over married immigrants' arrests can proceed

A lawsuit attempting to block the Trump administration from arresting illegal immigrants seeking to legalize their status based on their marriages to U.S. citizens can move forward, a federal judge in Boston ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf said the American Civil Liberties Union can proceed with the lawsuit, which accuses the government of unlawfully separating certain illegal immigrants from their families as they sought lawful residency.

The U.S. says Facebook fugitive Paul Ceglia arrested in Ecuador

The New York man who spent nearly 3-1/2 years as a fugitive after being charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the social media company has been arrested in Ecuador and may be extradited, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday. Paul Ceglia, 45, a wood pellet salesman from Wellsville in upstate New York, had been missing since March 2015, when he removed his electronic ankle bracelet and disappeared with his wife, two children, and a dog.

Progress reported in uniting migrant families separated by the U.S.

Lawyers for the U.S. government and families separated by border officials after they entered the United States from Mexico said 37 more children have been freed from federal custody in the last week, as both sides work out means to enable children to seek asylum. In a Thursday court filing, the lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego to let them try to work out disputed issues overnight, ahead of a scheduled Friday afternoon hearing.

Iowa college student died of 'sharp force injuries,' autopsy finds

An Iowa college student who was killed after she disappeared while jogging last month succumbed to "multiple sharp force injuries," according to the results of a preliminary autopsy released on Thursday. The Iowa State Medical Examiner has ruled that the death of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was a homicide, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said in a statement.

U.S. agriculture secretary: Farm aid details to be disclosed Monday

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Thursday that details of a planned $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers hurt by the Trump administration's trade wars will be disclosed on Monday. Perdue, who previously told Reuters the plan would include between $7 billion and $8 billion in direct cash relief for farmers, said it was being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.

Missouri opens investigation of clergy sex abuse in St. Louis

Missouri is launching a probe of potential sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis, the state attorney general said on Thursday, a week after a report finding widespread clergy sex abuse in Pennsylvania. Attorney General Josh Hawley said his office had no power to force cooperation but the archdiocese had agreed to assist with the criminal probe.

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