Appeals Court Judge Reinhardt, 87, known as the ‘liberal lion,’ dies: court
(Reuters) – U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a liberal icon who sat on the bench for 37 years, died on Thursday, the court said. He was 87.
Hawaii lawmakers approve medical aid in dying for terminally ill
(Reuters) – Hawaii would become the seventh U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under legislation passed by the state Senate on Thursday and sent to the governor.
Sacramento protests resume after family buries Stephon Clark
(Reuters) – Black Lives Matter activists protested again in Sacramento on Thursday over the shooting of an unarmed black man by police, calling for criminal charges against the officers after an emotional funeral service for the 22-year-old father of t…
Puerto Rico board must bring creditors to table: U.S. lawmaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources censured Puerto Rico’s federally-appointed oversight board on Thursday over delays in the island’s debt restructuring, the latest sign of discord over how to fix the ban…
Jury yet to decide if Orlando gunman’s widow had role in Pulse attack
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of the woman whose husband killed dozens at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub in 2016 ended their second day of deliberations on Thursday with no decision about whether she helped him plan the rampage and then…
Iranian granted U.S. visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his U.S. citizen brother with blood cancer, obtaining a rare waiver to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the family’s lawyer said on Thurs…
Arkansas sues opioid manufacturers for roles in epidemic
(Reuters) – Arkansas’ attorney general on Thursday joined the widening mass of litigation against opioid manufacturers, accusing three drugmakers of promoting addictive painkillers in ways that falsely denied or trivialized their risks.
UAW added members in 2017, but union dues fell versus 2016
DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers added new members for the ninth consecutive year in 2017 and the union remained in the black, but overall dues fell versus the previous year, according to the union’s annual filing with the U.S. Department of…
Ads pulled from Ingraham show after she mocked Parkland survivor
(Reuters) – At least seven companies said on Thursday they were dropping advertisements from Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter and he responded with a call …
New York offers free cyber security tools to public to deter hackers
(Reuters) – New York City will offer free cyber security tools to the public as part of a new effort to improve online safety, officials said on Thursday, a week after Atlanta was hit with a ransomware attack that knocked some municipal systems offline…
