Move to rename Harlem neighborhood sparks outrage over erasing black history
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City real estate companies’ attempts to rename a Harlem neighborhood “SoHa” have enraged long-time residents of the historically black enclave, who say the move erases the community’s rich cultural history.
Ohio governor’s website restored after pro-Islamic State hacking
(Reuters) – Nearly a dozen Ohio state websites, including Governor John Kasich’s, were up and running again on Monday, a day after hackers posted messages of support for the Islamic State on their homescreens.
St. Louis reaches deal to remove Confederate monument
(Reuters) – A controversial Confederate monument in St. Louis will be dismantled by the end of the week under an agreement announced on Monday, city officials said.
Platinum receiver asks to resign over disagreements with SEC
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man in charge of unwinding a large portion of the assets held by hedge fund firm Platinum Partners wants to resign after disagreements with U.S. securities regulators about its liquidation, according to a court filing.
Retrial starts for Baltimore woman accused of killing six children in fire
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore woman charged with killing six of her children in a 1992 fire should be acquitted because the arson evidence in the case has been discredited, her lawyer said at the start of her retrial on Monday.
Contempt trial begins for Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for his hard-line stand against illegal immigrants, willfully violated a judge’s order stemming from a racial profiling case, a federal prosecutor said on Monday as trial opened in Arpaio’s c…
Boston man found guilty of murder in ‘Baby Doe’ case
BOSTON (Reuters) – A jury on Monday found a Boston man guilty of second-degree murder in the 2015 killing of a Massachusetts toddler, whose body washed up on a beach and prompted a months-long search for the identity of “Baby Doe.”
Missing North Carolina girl’s alleged captor held in Georgia
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Reuters) – A Georgia man was ordered on Monday to remain in jail on charges related to the disappearance of a North Carolina teenager found alive over the weekend after she had been missing for more than a year.
Slain Minnesota man’s family in $3 million police-shooting settlement
(Reuters) – The family of Philando Castile, a black motorist shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Minnesota last year, reached a $3 million settlement with the city of St. Anthony, city officials and family lawyers said Monday.
U.S. top court backs church in major religious rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Churches and other religious entities cannot be flatly denied public money even in states where constitutions explicitly ban such funding, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a major religious rights case that narrows the s…
