REAGAN HAS HIS BAGS PACKED; ALL HE NEEDS IS SOMEONE TO VISIT
President Reagan`s trip next month to Rome and the canals of Venice is rapidly heading up the creek. At last glance, his official state visit to the Eternal City was...
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COURT RULES AGAINST TEXACO
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal judge erred in excusing Texaco Inc. from posting a potentially ruinous $12 billion bond in its three-year legal fight with Pennzoil...
IRAN PROBER PRESSURED ON NORTH, POINDEXTER
Senators investigating the Iran-contra affair are pressuring Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh to speed up his investigation because Congress wants to grant immunity from prosecution to key former White House aides,...
TOWN CAN`T SHUT OUT SOLICITORS, COURT SAYS
A community cannot prohibit door-to-door solicitors from interrupting your evening, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. A Watseka, Ill., ordinance restricting all door-to-door solicitation to between 9 a.m. and 5...
CONGRESS MOVES FAST ON IRAN
With Democrats in control of both the House and the Senate for the first time since President Reagan took office, the 100th Congress convened Tuesday and immediately moved to set...
FEDERAL CIVIL JURIES GO BROKE
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in Washington, D.C., notified federal judges throughout the nation Wednesday that beginning Monday, all federal civil jury trials will be suspended because of...
U.S. URGES ON-THE-JOB DRUG TESTS
A special presidential commission has recommended that employers consider routine drug testing of their workers to help weaken organized crime`s hold on the nation through an illicit drug market that...
REAGAN URGED TO SCRAP HIRING POLICY CHANGES
Pressure is building within the Reagan administration and Congress to reject Justice Department demands for major changes in a landmark executive order requiring government contractors to engage in affirmative action...
U.S. SEEKS END TO POLICE, FIRE QUOTAS IN CITY
The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion Tuesday in U.S. District Court here challenging a court-imposed quota system that governs promotions to the rank of lieutenant in the Chicago Police...
HOUSING, JOB BIAS PROBE WIDENS
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating 11 Chicago suburbs for alleged racial discrimination in housing and jobs, Assistant U.S. Atty. Gen. William Bradford Reynolds disclosed Thursday. Reynolds testified to two...