Advocacy group calls on McDonald’s to remove antibiotics from beef, pork
(Reuters) – A consumer and public health group is pressing McDonald’s Corp to set a timeline for phasing out the routine use of medically important antibiotics in the beef and pork it serves, amid warnings that the practice fuels dangerous drug-resista…
Super Bowl stokes hopes, concerns of Minneapolis’ Somali community
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The largest Somali community in the United States is centered just blocks from the site of this year’s Super Bowl, but that is too close for comfort for some of the mostly Muslim residents of the “Little Mogadishu” neighborhood …
Syrians with temporary U.S. protection brace for Trump decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Targeted by the Syrian government after providing humanitarian supplies to civilians fleeing air strikes, Mohammad Alala and his wife escaped in 2012, eventually obtaining student visas to enter the United States.
Killer of Alabama policeman seeks execution reprieve due to memory loss
(Reuters) – Attorneys for an Alabama man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution on Thursday because they said several strokes had left him unable to remember committing the crime.
Manhunt on for two people over Colorado deputy killing
(Reuters) – A manhunt was underway on early Thursday near Denver, Colorado after an Adams County deputy was shot and killed, officials said.
Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in U.S.-Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
Satanist group challenges Missouri law on abortions
(Reuters) – A group of Satanists is challenging a Missouri law that requires women seeking an abortion to receive a booklet that says life begins at conception, arguing before the state Supreme Court that the measure violated a member’s religious belie…
Judge bars parents in California abuse case from contacting 13 children
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday barred a Southern California husband and wife from contacting the 13 children they are charged with beating, shackling and starving in their suburban home, a ruling the couple’s attorney did not oppose…
Alabama bill would end special elections for U.S. Senate
(Reuters) – The Republican-led Alabama House of Representatives has passed a bill to end special elections for the U.S. Senate, just more than a month after such a vote resulted in the state electing its first Democratic senator in a quarter-century.
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor gets up to 175 years as abuse victims applaud
LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) – As his victims wept in a Michigan courtroom on Wednesday, disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts who were entrusted to his care…
