Michigan can suspend poor people’s driver’s licenses for unpaid fines: U.S. appeals court
A divided federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Michigan may suspend the driver’s licenses of poor people with unpaid traffic fines, saying it did not violate their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.
Run? Hide? Fight? Lockdown? Two U.S. school shootings highlight differing responses
In two U.S. school shootings within eight days, students have attempted to tackle the shooters, sometimes at the cost of their own lives, drawing praise for reducing the bloodshed by taking a step that experts agree should only be a last resort.
Kendrick Castillo, selfless teen killed in Colorado school shooting, loved robotics, helping the elderly
Kendrick Ray Castillo, the 18-year-old who sacrificed his life to save other students during a shooting in a suburban Denver high school, loved robotics, helping out the elderly in his community and making people laugh, his friend told Reuters.
Older of two students arrested in Colorado shooting held on murder charge
The older of two students accused of opening fire in a suburban Denver high school, killing one classmate and injuring eight others, was being held on Wednesday on murder and attempted-murder charges, court records showed.
Older of 2 students arrested in Colorado shooting charged with murder
The older of two students accused of opening fire in a suburban Denver high school, killing one classmate and injuring eight others, was charged on Wednesday with first-degree murder and attempted murder, court records showed.
Factbox: U.S. states with the most and fewest school shootings
The shooting at a suburban Denver high school on Tuesday was the 1,369th incident in the United States since 1970, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database maintained by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
Explainer: How hard-hitting are U.S. Congress subpoenas, contempt citations?
A U.S. House committee on Wednesday was moving to hold U.S. Attorney General William Barr in “contempt of Congress.” What does that mean?
Explainer: Can Trump use executive privilege to withhold full Mueller report?
The White House on Wednesday invoked executive privilege to block the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted Russia report as a U.S. House panel met to vote on holding the U.S. attorney general in contempt of Congress for withholding th…
Ex-member of alleged New York sex cult felt ‘shame’ after forced encounter
A former member of an alleged New York sex cult testified on Wednesday that the secretive group’s leader forced her into an unwanted sexual encounter and took nude photos of her after he announced that he was her “grand master.”
Walmart raises U.S. tobacco purchase age to 21 starting in July
Walmart Inc said on Wednesday it will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 across its U.S. stores starting July 1, responding to growing regulatory and political pressure to curb a surge in teenage use of e-cigarettes.
