ACLU sues to block new Kentucky law restricting abortions
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – A civil rights group on Wednesday sued to block a Kentucky law that restricts abortion access in the state a day after the governor signed the bill.
ACLU sues Trump administration for separating immigrant couples
BOSTON (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging what it calls a pattern by President Donald Trump’s administration of detaining illegal immigrants seeking to legalize their status based on marriages to U.S. citizen…
Syracuse, N.Y. must face water shutdown lawsuit: U.S. appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Syracuse, New York of violating the constitutional rights of residential tenants by shutting off water service when landlords failed to pay their water bills.
Parkland, Florida, school district rejects funds to arm teachers
(Reuters) – The Florida school district that includes the high school where a gunman massacred 17 people has rejected its share of new state funding to be used for arming teachers, county officials said on Wednesday.
Striking Oklahoma teachers push for more funds, Republicans say done
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A strike by Oklahoma educators demanding more school funding entered a 10th day on Wednesday, as the state’s Republican leaders warned they plan no further increases after approving $450 million in new revenue to boost teacher…
Missouri House committee to release report on Greitens scandal
(Reuters) – A Missouri House of Representatives committee was set to release a report on Wednesday on its investigation of a scandal embroiling Governor Eric Greitens, who has been charged with invasion of privacy in connection with an extramarital aff…
Missing hyphens will make it hard for some people to vote in U.S. election
ATLANTA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fabiola Diaz, 18, sits in the food court of her Georgia high school and meticulously fills out a voter registration form.
Cosby accuser to face cross-examination in sexual assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s defense team on Wednesday will cross-examine a witness who says the comedian drugged her for four days and sexually molested her in 1984, as his retrial for assaulting another woman resumes in a Pennsylvania cou…
U.S. megachurch pastor retires, says investigation that cleared him took its toll
(Reuters) – Bill Hybels, the founder of one of the largest evangelical megachurches in the United States and a former spiritual adviser to Bill Clinton, retired early on Tuesday, saying an investigation that cleared him of misconduct had taken its toll…
As Trump fumes over FBI raid, White House lawyers urge restraint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House lawyers are trying to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from seeking to get rid of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as Trump weighs options after the FBI raided his personal attorney’s office and home, two U.S. offi…
