Jury 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 began a second day of deliberations on Thursday to decide whether she helped him plan the rampage and then misled authoriti…
Sacramento braces for protests as family buries Stephon Clark
(Reuters) – Scores of Black Lives Matter activists planned to protest in Sacramento on Thursday over the shooting of an unarmed black man by police, hours after an emotional funeral service for him.
Poll: Are Americans taking steps to protect their data after Facebook scandal?
(Reuters) – In the wake of the scandal sparked by Facebook’s handling of 50 million users’ data, Reuters polled Americans about how they are protecting their privacy online.
U.S. women dockworkers accuse shippers, union of pregnancy discrimination
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Four women dockworkers have filed discrimination claims with federal regulators against the shippers’ association that runs 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast, saying they unfairly lost pay and seniority after becoming pregnant.
Reuters poll: Are Americans taking steps to protect their data after Facebook scandal?
(Reuters) – In the wake of the scandal sparked by Facebook’s handling of 50 million users’ data, Reuters polled Americans about how they are protecting their privacy online.
Frustrated with Trump, green group goes local with clean energy campaign
(Reuters) – U.S. environmental group the League of Conservation Voters on Thursday launched a $2 million campaign to press this year’s candidates for state and local office to embrace clean energy, citing a lack of leadership on the issue in Washington…
Memphis workers reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination 50 years later
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) – A half century ago, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to march in support of the city’s striking sanitation workers. It was the last trip the Baptist minister turned civil rights leader would make in the name of soc…
Jury in trial of Orlando gunman’s widow to resume deliberations
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of the woman whose husband killed dozens at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub in 2016 resume deliberations on Thursday to decide whether she helped him plan the rampage and then misled authorities.
Exclusive: Under Trump, prosecutors fight reprieves for people facing deportation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration has sharply curtailed a once-common practice of granting long-term reprieves to immigrants targeted for deportation, a Reuters analysis of court records shows, adding to an already huge backlog of cases in …
U.S. judge to hear last arguments before Cosby sex assault retrial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby and prosecutors who accuse him of sexually assaulting a former staffer at his alma mater Temple University are due in a Pennsylvania court on Thursday for rulings on issues including what witnesses may sp…
