Jury quirk in U.S. meningitis outbreak case could bring stiffer sentence
BOSTON (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Monday said a quirk in the trial verdict of a Massachusetts pharmacist cleared of murder for selling fungus-ridden steroids that killed 64 people in 2012 meant that a judge could still consider the murder allegations a…
New York Penn Station repairs will disrupt 9,600 Long Island riders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York transportation officials said on Monday that 9,600 commuters a day from suburban Long Island could see their weekday morning rides into Manhattan’s overtaxed Pennsylvania Station disrupted by Amtrak’s summer repair program…
Another U.S. appeals court refuses to revive Trump travel ban
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump suffered another legal setback on Monday as a second federal appeals court refused to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority nations in a dispute h…
Four inmates including suspected murderer escape from Oklahoma jail
(Reuters) – Four inmates including a suspected murderer escaped from an Oklahoma county jail on Monday, prompting a manhunt, a sheriff’s office said.
Charter schools see opportunity with Republicans in power: lobbying group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Having Republicans control both the White House and Congress could deliver more federal funds to charter schools and also create competition for dollars from alternative approaches to education, the head of a charter school lobby…
New York City $75 million settlement over dismissed summonses wins approval
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge has approved New York City’s $75 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit accusing its police department of issuing hundreds of thousands of criminal summonses without legal justification to meet quotas.
U.S. Interior chief recommends shrinking Utah’s Bears Ears monument
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Monday he has recommended that President Donald Trump reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah – a move that drew quick fire from conservationists but was supported by…
One-quarter of F-35 fighter jets grounded over oxygen issues
(Reuters) – About a quarter of the F-35 fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp , or 55 planes, have stopped flying until further notice because of irregularities in pilots’ oxygen supplies, U.S. Air Force spokesman Captain Mark Graff said on Monday….
Supreme Court invalidates gender inequality in citizenship law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a gender distinction in U.S. immigration law that treats mothers and fathers differently when determining a child’s citizenship, calling such inequality “stunningly anachronistic.”
U.S. targets Iraqis for deportation in wake of travel ban deal
(Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities are arresting Iraqi immigrants ordered deported for serious crimes, the U.S. government said on Monday, after Iraq agreed to accept U.S. deportees as part of a deal to remove it from President Donald Trump’s tra…
