ACLU seeks injunction to block immigrant families’ separations
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday urged a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction compelling U.S. officials to keep immigrant parents and their children together.
Conviction of SAC’s Martoma upheld despite jury instructions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Monday upheld the insider trading conviction of Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager for billionaire Steven A. Cohen, finding enough evidence to establish guilt despite defective jury instru…
California wildfire tears through land, threatens rural community
(Reuters) – A fast-spreading wildfire threatened to cut off access to a rural community in northern California on Monday, destroying almost two dozen structures and forcing authorities to order the evacuation of about 3,000 residents.
Supreme court largely backs Texas Republicans over electoral maps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Texas Republicans by reviving electoral districts drawn by the state legislature that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the influence of black and Hispanic vote…
U.S. top court largely backs Texas Republicans over electoral maps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Texas Republicans by reviving electoral districts drawn by the state legislature that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the influence of black and Hispanic vote…
Supreme Court ducks dispute over florist who refused gay wedding request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After siding with a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent back to lower courts a similar dispute over a florist who declined to create flower arrangements for a same-sex …
Supreme Court turns away ‘Making a Murderer’ case appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a Wisconsin man’s challenge to his conviction in a 2005 murder in which he contends police coerced him into a confession in a case featured in a Netflix documentary series called “…
U.S. prosecutors cancel meeting with Stormy Daniels: lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A meeting between adult film actress Stormy Daniels and federal prosecutors in New York investigating President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen scheduled for Monday has been canceled, a lawyer representing…
California wildfire threatens to cut off rural community
(Reuters) – A spreading wildfire threatened early Monday to cut off access to a rural community in northern California, where authorities ordered the evacuation of around 2,500 residents.
Migrants ‘knock at front door’ for asylum after Trump crackdown
TIJUANA/REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) – More Mexicans and Central Americans are lining up to make asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border as word spreads of a U.S. crackdown on families crossing illegally and the threat of brutal gangs lying in wait if t…
