Ex-Supreme Court justice urges Second Amendment repeal in U.S. gun rights debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday called for the repeal of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, which gives Americans the right to keep and bear firearms, and the White House responded by reaffirming its suppor…
States, civil rights groups vow to fight U.S. Census citizenship question
(Reuters) – Several U.S. states and civil rights groups promised on Tuesday to stop the federal government from asking people whether they are citizens in the 2020 Census, arguing it could discourage immigrants from participating and skew the makeup of…
Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort seeks to dismiss Virginia charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, asked a federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying the case falls outside the scope of Mue…
California to join probe of Sacramento police killing of unarmed black man
(Reuters) – Sacramento’s police chief said on Tuesday that California’s attorney general will investigate the recent killing of an unarmed black man in a barrage of police gunfire that sparked protests after videos of the incident were released.
U.S., West Palm Beach agree to settle ‘sanctuary city’ lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and West Palm Beach agreed on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit over whether the Florida city was promoting “sanctuary city” policies to protect illegal immigrants from deportation, the department announced….
Uber beats Philadelphia cabbies’ antitrust appeal
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday defeated an appeal by 80 Philadelphia taxicab companies accusing the ride-sharing company of trying to monopolize that city’s vehicle-for-hire market.
Trump’s travel ban imperils U.S. citizen with cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Maziar Hashemi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Massachusetts, has been told by doctors that his best hope for surviving a rare form of blood cancer is a bone marrow transplant.
FBI sought iPhone order before exhausting options: U.S. inspector general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not exhaust possible solutions to unlock an iPhone connected to a gunman involved in a late-2015 shooting spree before seeking a court order to compel Apple Inc to help access the device, …
NTSB opens probe into fatal Tesla crash, fire in California
(Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is opening a field investigation of a fatal Tesla Inc crash and major vehicle fire near Mountain View, California, last week, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
Louisiana will not charge police in Alton Sterling shooting
(Reuters) – Louisiana will not charge two white police officers who in 2016 fatally shot Alton Sterling, one of series of black men slain by police that sparked protests across the United States, because evidence showed their actions were justified, a …
