Linda Brown, Kansas schoolgirl at heart of landmark desegregation ruling, dead at 76
(Reuters) – Linda Brown, the Kansas schoolgirl who was at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing racial segregation in American public schools, has died at age 76.
Porn star sues Trump’s personal lawyer for defamation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stormy Daniels sued Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen on Monday for defamation, according to court documents, escalating a legal battle between the American president and the porn star that the White House was struggling to con…
Atlanta still grappling with widespread computer hack: officials
(Reuters) – Atlanta is still struggling with its ability to collect online payments of bills and fees, officials said on Monday, four days after a ransomware attack snarled the computer system of Georgia’s capital city.
Judge denies motion to drop case against widow of Orlando gunman
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss charges against the widow of the gunman in the 2016 massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, saying that the gunman’s father’s work an FBI informant was not relevant to the ca…
Hartford pushes deal for Connecticut to pay city’s debt
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hartford, Connecticut’s fiscally distressed capital city, would get a much-needed lifeline on Monday if its city council approves a deal to have the state pay its debt.
U.S. jury orders AbbVie to pay $3 million in AndroGel retrial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Monday ordered AbbVie Inc to pay more than $3 million to a man who claimed the company misrepresented the risks of its testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, causing him to suffer a heart attack, though the jury did…
Emergency fuel shutoff was tripped before NY helicopter fatal crash: pilot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An emergency fuel shut-off switch had been accidentally tripped moments before a fatal crash of a helicopter in New York’s East River on March 11, a pilot told the National Transportation Safety Board in a preliminary report rele…
White House disparages porn star’s story of Trump affair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday cast aspersions on adult-film star Stormy Daniels over a much-watched TV interview in which she said she was threatened with violence to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in …
Family plans autopsy for black man shot by Sacramento police
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – An independent autopsy is planned of the unarmed black man fatally shot by police officers in the backyard of his grandparents’ house in Sacramento, California, the family’s attorney said on Monday.
Wisconsin teens take anti-gun march to House Speaker Ryan’s hometown
(Reuters) – About 40 high schoolers from Wisconsin are using the start of their spring break vacation to bring the weekend’s national wave of gun control marches to the hometown of Republican U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan.
