U.S. government releases detained Mexican girl with cerebral palsy
(Reuters) – The U.S. government released from custody a 10-year-old Mexican girl with cerebral palsy on Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union said, 10 days after the ambulance taking her to surgery in Texas was stopped at a U.S. Border Patrol chec…
U.S. State Department says certain immigrants no longer need protected status: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of Central Americans and Haitians living in the United States under special status no longer need to be shielded from deportation, the U.S. Department of State told Homeland Security officials this week, according to th…
Argentine survivor of New York attack pleads for justice, love
(Reuters) – “What has the world turned in to?” a friend of the five Argentines killed in the New York attack this week asked at a news conference on Friday, alongside three other surviving members of a group of former classmates.
Iowa jury returns guilty verdict in gender-identity murder case
(Reuters) – A man was found guilty on Friday of murdering an Iowa teenager who identified as both male and female, the Des Moines Register reported, in a case that had led U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to dispatch a federal civil rights prosecuto…
Puerto Rico’s PREPA utility creditors say power grid damage is overblown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bondholders of Puerto Rico’s bankrupt power utility, PREPA, said on Friday that the damage to the local electric grid by Hurricane Maria is not as bad as the island’s government says, and could be fixed quickly with an outside ener…
New York City police say gathering evidence for possible Weinstein arrest warrant
(Reuters) – The New York City Police Department said on Friday that it had a credible narrative from an unidentified woman who has made a rape allegation against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and was gathering evidence for a possible arrest warra…
U.S. court orders Benghazi attack suspect held for hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man seized by U.S. forces in Libya and accused of involvement in an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi in 2012 made his first appearance in federal court on Friday in Washington, where he was ordered held until …
No prison for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl, who Trump wanted dead
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on Friday was spared prison for endangering his comrades in arms when he deserted in Afghanistan in 2009, a sentence swiftly condemned by President Donald Trump, who while seeking election h…
Country music awards show reverses ban on questions about Vegas shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Country Music Association (CMA) on Friday reversed a ban on journalists asking questions at its annual awards show about last month’s Las Vegas mass shooting, hours after singer Brad Paisley criticized the rules as “ridiculo…
Zimbabwe police charge U.S. citizen with anti-government plot
HARARE (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen was charged on Friday with attempting to overthrow the Zimbabwean government, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in jail, after police earlier accused her of insulting 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe.
