Protest in New York over Palestinian-American graduation speaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dozens of right-wing demonstrators, including far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, gathered in New York on Thursday to protest a university’s decision to invite a Palestinian-American activist to deliver its graduation speech n…
U.S. says three N.Y. prison guards sexually assaulted female inmates
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three male prison guards repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped several female inmates under their supervision at a federal detention center in New York over time periods of up to three years, federal prosecutors said on Thursday….
Web of tracks, switches complicates NY Penn Station summer repairs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Down in a damp, cavernous space beneath the western end of New York’s Pennsylvania station, national rail operator Amtrak showed on Thursday the three tracks it will take offline for emergency repairs, outlining the complicated ope…
Civil rights group sues in U.S. court over immigration detention
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in federal court on Thursday, seeking records the civil rights group contends provide accounts of hunger strikes at immigration detention facilities.
Unions sue to stop Kentucky’s ‘right-to-work’ law
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – Two labor groups filed a lawsuit in a Kentucky court on Thursday challenging the so-called right-to-work law the state legislature passed earlier this year.
New Jersey town settles lawsuit brought by U.S. over rejected mosque
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey town has reached a settlement with the U.S. government and a local Islamic group to resolve allegations that the town illegally denied plans for a proposed mosque.
Republican wins Montana special election despite assault charge
BOZEMAN, Mont. (Reuters) – Republican Greg Gianforte defeated a political novice to win Montana’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, barely 24 hours after he was charged with assaulting a reporter who asked him about the Republican …
Two Yemenis deported from Mexico after escaping U.S. prison
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government on Thursday said it had deported two escaped prisoners of Yemeni origin to the United States and dismissed local media reports that the detainees were suspected militants.
Activists call on In-N-Out Burger to join the superbug fight
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Nearly three dozen consumer, environmental and public health groups on Thursday pressed privately held In-N-Out Burger to make good on its vow to set time lines for phasing out the use of beef raised with antibiotics vital to hu…
U.S. Alzheimer’s deaths jump 54 percent; many increasingly dying at home
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. deaths from Alzheimer’s disease rose by more than 50 percent from 1999 to 2014, and rates are expected to continue to rise, reflecting the nation’s aging population and increasing life expectancy, American researchers said on T…
