U.S. Navy secretary says ‘any patriot’ should be able to serve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said he would follow directions from the president on transgender people in the military but believes “any patriot” should be allowed to serve.
New York City students need comfort? In trots Petey the Shih Tzu
(Reuters) – When distressed students at Middle School 88 in Brooklyn end up in the principal’s office, Petey Parker often totters over, tail wagging, to comfort them.
Colorado DJ’s suit against Taylor Swift dismissed in groping trial
DENVER (Reuters) – Pop star Taylor Swift on Friday won an important ruling in the trial stemming from her allegation that she was groped by a Colorado disc jockey, with the judge dismissing the DJ’s rival claim accusing the singer of wrongfully getting…
U.S. wildfire preparedness raised to highest level
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. fire managers on Thursday raised the nation’s wildfire readiness status to its highest level for the first time in two years, as California and several other Western states faced heightened danger from lightning storms.
Trump administration defends travel ban in Supreme Court brief
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration reiterated arguments defending its temporary travel ban in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, repeatedly citing the executive’s broad powers to exclude foreigners from the Unit…
New Orleans braces for more rain, watchful for flash floods
(Reuters) – The governor of Louisiana and the mayor of New Orleans declared a state of emergency for the city on Thursday due to torrential rains that overwhelmed a municipal drainage system already diminished by power shortages.
New York-area high-school football player dies during training
(Reuters) – A high-school football player on New York’s Long Island was killed on Thursday when he was struck in the head by a log his teammates were carrying on the field during a conditioning drill, police said.
Rights groups sue over moving of Virginia white nationalist rally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday to have a white nationalist rally in Virginia moved back to its original venue, saying that city officials’ last-minute decision to shift the event violated organizers’ rights….
Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Quebec (Reuters) – Dozens of army tents dotted the Canadian border on Thursday to house hundreds of asylum seekers, many from Haiti, streaming into the country from upstate New York to file refugee claims.
Charlotte board split over police chief’s finding in killing of black man
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – A civilian review board in Charlotte, North Carolina, handed down a split decision on Thursday over a finding by the city’s police chief that an officer acted properly in killing a black man in 2016.
