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…
Montana congressman-elect sentenced to community work for assaulting reporter
BOZEMAN, Mont. (Reuters) – A Montana Republican congressman-elect pleaded guilty on Monday to assaulting a reporter and was ordered to perform community service and receive anger management training.
Missouri sued for over-exposing foster children to psychotropic drugs
(Reuters) – Two youth legal advocacy groups sued Missouri on Monday on behalf of 13,000 foster children, arguing that poor oversight left many of them over-exposed to psychotropic drugs carrying risks of side effects, from diabetes to seizures.
Hawaii urges U.S. Supreme Court not to revive Trump’s travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The state of Hawaii on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to grant the Trump administration’s emergency request seeking to revive his plan to temporarily ban travelers from six Muslim-majority nations after it was blocked by…
Portraits of pride in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people sporting rainbow attire, “Make America Gay Again” hats and homemade protest signs took part on Sunday in a “Resist March” in Los Angeles against President Donald Trump, an event that took the place of…
BP Whiting, Indiana refinery operations normal on Monday – sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Operations were normal on Monday at BP Plc’s 413,500 barrel per day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery, a day after flaring was reported at the plant, said sources familiar with operations.
U.S. top court won’t expand debt-collection abuse law in Santander case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to widen the reach of a federal law targeting abusive debt-collection tactics such as harassment and threats, ruling it does not cover companies that buy debt, sometimes for pennies on th…
Puerto Rico governor vows statehood push after referendum win
NEW YORK/SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday said the island’s vote in favor of becoming a U.S. state, despite low voter turnout and widespread boycotts, was “a fair and open” process that U.S. Congress should act upon.
Killings of LGBT people in U.S. rose to a record in 2016: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More LGBT people were killed in the United States in 2016 than in any of the 20 years since record-keeping began, with the total boosted by the deaths of 49 people in an attack at a gay club in Florida last June, an advocacy group …
Culling feral hogs from the sky in Texas takes off
(Reuters) – In Texas, the pigs do not fly but the hunters do.
