Feb 17 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- A Bergen County municipal judge ruled Thursday there is probable cause for a criminal complaint against Chris Christie to move forward, continuing an unlikely legal challenge for the New Jersey governor. The complaint alleges Christie, a Republican, committed official misconduct because he didn't instruct staffers to reopen closed lanes on the George Washington Bridge in 2013. http://on.wsj.com/2m0F4Ix
- House Republican leaders sketched out a plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, offering a set of policy specifics but showing they have yet to bridge significant GOP divisions over many of its components. The proposal came as President Donald Trump promised to deliver an initial repeal and replacement plan in March. The plan would achieve a central goal of overhauling Medicaid in a way that reduces its funding. It would also strike down pillars of the health-care law, such as the requirement that most Americans pay a penalty if they don't have insurance. http://on.wsj.com/2m0OgMW
- The Justice Department told an appeals court that President Donald Trump would soon rescind and replace his executive order on visas and refugees, adding the court had no further reason to consider the current version. The move came as Trump said he would issue a new order in the coming week. This showed definitive indications that the Trump administration would undertake a considerable rewrite of its Jan. 27 order in light of adverse court rulings, instead of pressing ahead with its current legal defense and attempting small changes at the margins. http://on.wsj.com/2m0MQlO
- Voters in the second-largest U.S. city Los Angeles are considering a measure that could effectively halt major real-estate projects. A boom in luxury development over the last five years has transformed urban America, bringing young people, restaurants, retailers and jobs back to city centers. Construction activity has tilted toward the high end and many longtime residents have become resentful of new towers that cast shadows over their neighborhoods of single-family homes and push up rents. http://on.wsj.com/2m0xbCS
(Compiled by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru)