Protests erupt in California after shooting of black man
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – About 200 demonstrators squared off with police in riot gear overnight in California’s capital and more protests are planned for Saturday, after a autopsy on Stephon Clark contradicted the police account of the shooting o…
Fox’s Ingraham to take week off as advertisers flee amid controversy
(Reuters) – Fox News show host Laura Ingraham announced on her show late Friday that she is taking next week off, after almost a dozen advertisers dropped her show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre o…
New York moves to offset federal tax changes in $168 billion budget deal
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature agreed late on Friday on a $168 billion budget for fiscal 2019, including measures aimed at offsetting damage to taxpayers from new federal tax changes.
Tesla says crashed vehicle had been on autopilot prior to accident
LOS GATOS, California (Reuters) – Tesla Inc said on Friday that a Tesla Model X involved a fatal crash in California last week had activated its Autopilot system, raising new questions about the semi-autonomous system that handles some driving tasks.
Judge says undocumented teens in U.S. custody must have abortion access
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Washington issued an injunction on Friday preventing the Trump administration from interfering with the ability of undocumented teenagers in U.S. custody to have abortions or obtain abortion-related services.
More family members of woman killed in Uber self-driving car crash hire lawyer
PHOENIX (Reuters) – More family members of a woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle have hired legal counsel, indicating the ride services firm’s legal problems may not be over in the first fatality caused by an autonom…
White Baton Rouge policeman fired over shooting of black man
(Reuters) – A white Louisiana police officer was fired on Friday and a second suspended for the killing of Alton Sterling, a black man shot in a 2016 incident that inflamed the U.S. debate on racial bias in law enforcement, a police official said.
In gun-friendly Vermont, lawmakers pass firearms control bill
(Reuters) – Vermont lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Friday to a bill that raises the legal age for buying firearms and expands background checks, becoming the latest state poised to tighten gun restrictions after last month’s Florida schoo…
Prominent Houston pastor indicted on charges of defrauding investors
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A prominent Houston megachurch pastor who counseled presidents and top executives was charged on Friday with selling investors more than $1 million in worthless Chinese bonds and using proceeds for his own benefit, federal authoriti…
Autopsy refutes police account of California shooting of black man -lawyer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An autopsy on an unarmed black man killed by police officers in California’s capital last week shows that none of the eight bullets hit him in the front, contradicting the official version of events, a lawyer for the dece…
