Working the farm, while Trump talks tough on immigration
KING CITY, Calif. (Reuters) – On an overcast spring morning, about 40 Mexican men turned out in the pre-dawn hours to board a bus for California’s Salinas Valley where they would harvest 16 acres (6.47 hectares) of lettuce over the next three days.
Ex-NFL star gave no hint of suicide plan, fiancée tells TV interviewer
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez gave no indication that he planned to kill himself in his prison cell in his final phone call with his fiancée, she said in a television interview to be broadcast on Monday.
U.S. top court rules in favor of debt collector in bankruptcy dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to debt collectors, ruling that people who have filed for bankruptcy cannot sue companies that try to recoup old debt that is not required to be paid back under state statutes of …
U.S. Supreme Court rejects case involving burping teen
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against a New Mexico police officer for arresting a 13-year-old boy who burped repeatedly and disrupted his class, a case that raised questions about police conduct …
U.S. top court lets North Carolina voter law die, pleasing rights groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a Republican bid to revive a strict North Carolina voter-identification law that a lower court found deliberately discriminated against black voters, handing a victory to Democrats and ci…
Trump reassures farmers immigration crackdown not aimed at their workers
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry and its largely immigrant workforce, according to farmers and officials who met with h…
Four plead guilty in Baruch fraternity hazing death
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Four former New York fraternity brothers pleaded guilty on Monday in the 2013 hazing death of a Baruch College student in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, a case that raised fresh concerns about initiation rituals that can turn deadly.
District of Columbia contestant named Miss USA
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A 25-year-old scientist representing the District of Columbia was crowned winner of the Miss USA pageant on Sunday, the second consecutive year that the contestant from the nation’s capital won the annual competition.
Mayor of Virginia city targeted by anti-Semitic tweets after criticizing marchers
(Reuters) – The mayor of the Virginia college town of Charlottesville was the target of anti-Semitic tweets on Sunday after speaking out against white nationalists who converged on a local park carrying blazing torches the night before.
Facebook’s Sandberg urges family-friendly policies on Mother’s Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg posted a Mother’s Day appeal on Sunday for federal and corporate policies to benefit working parents, including a minimum wage increase, mandated paid parental leave and affordab…
