Supreme Court hands narrow win to baker over gay couple dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to a Christian baker from Colorado who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Supreme Court throws out immigrant teen abortion ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that let a pregnant illegal immigrant minor held in federal immigration custody obtain an abortion last year at age 17 over the objections of President Donald Trump’…
Former State Street executive faces U.S. fraud trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former executive at State Street Corp is set to face trial on U.S. charges that he participated in a scheme to defraud the bank’s clients by charging them secret commissions on billions of dollars in trades.
California city fights poverty with guaranteed income
(This June 4 story was refiled to correct spelling of name, title of source in paragraph 21)
Cracked windshield forces American Airlines emergency landing
(Reuters) – A hail storm cracked the windshield of an American Airlines jetliner headed to Phoenix and forced it to divert to El Paso, Texas, Sunday night, officials said.
Rains fail to quench western U.S. wildfires
(Reuters) – Rains fell on two massive wildfires in the U.S. southwest but it was not enough to quench the fires that were burning through thousands of acres in New Mexico and Colorado early Monday, officials said.
Woman armed with pellet gun prompts brief shutdown of San Diego marathon
(Reuters) – A woman wielding a pellet gun prompted police to briefly shut down San Diego’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday and halt thousands of runners before she was taken into custody, officials said.
Three people trapped by lava airlifted to safety near Hawaii volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Three people were airlifted to safety on Sunday morning as lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano threatened an isolated area where they had become trapped, the National Guard said.
Dancing FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron in Denver: police
(Reuters) – An off-duty FBI agent dancing wildly at a downtown Denver bar accidentally shot a man in the leg when the agent tried to pick up a gun that fell from its holster as he performed a handstand, Denver police said.
Rain on way to help douse wildfires in New Mexico, Colorado
(Reuters) – Mother Nature is bringing good news to the firefighters battling wild blazes in the U.S. states of New Mexico and Colorado: rain, and lots of it.
