California tightens restrictions on police use of lethal force
California police officers will be allowed to use lethal force only when “necessary” in response to a threat, instead of the existing standard of “reasonable”, under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.
Planned Parenthood opts out of U.S. subsidies in fight over abortion referrals
Planned Parenthood said on Monday it was withdrawing from a federal program subsidizing reproductive healthcare for low-income women after the Trump administration banned participants in the program from referring women to abortion providers.
Alaska governor reverses course on controversial budget cuts
Alaska’s governor signed a budget bill on Monday rolling back most of the deep, highly controversial spending cuts he imposed weeks ago on the University of Alaska but rebuffed a renewed bid by lawmakers to restore funding he slashed from health progra…
Arizona man gets life sentence for killing, burying couple
An Arizona man was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for killing a couple and burying them in his backyard in a 6-foot-deep grave he dug with a borrowed backhoe, his lawyer said.
New York officer fired, but tensions still high where Eric Garner died
Hassan Johnson was getting his head shaved on Monday at the same barber shop Eric Garner used to visit.
Late-season fires flare up in drought-stricken parts of Alaska
Late-season wildfires during one of the driest summers on record in Anchorage have destroyed homes, forced evacuations, closed roads and schools and poured sometimes-dangerous levels of smoke into the state’s most populous region.
U.S. attorney general shakes up prison bureau after Epstein death
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday shook up the leadership at the federal Bureau of Prisons, removing its acting chief following the suicide of financier Jeffrey Epstein in a New York City jail.
Avenatti says he did nothing wrongful in Nike extortion case
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer and critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Monday said he did nothing “wrongful” in dealing with Nike Inc, and asked a federal judge to dismiss the criminal extortion case against him.
Ohio man, one of three alleged thwarted mass shooters, denies charges in court
An alleged self-described white nationalist, one of three men in the United States accused of planning mass shootings in a week, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he threatened to attack a Jewish community center, the court clerk said.
Democratic hopeful Warren apologizes for Native American ancestry claims
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Monday apologized again for her claims in the 1980s that she is Native American, speaking to a crowd of tribal leaders in Iowa.
