U.S. anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016, group says
BOSTON (Reuters) – When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a “vile and filthy people,” its members were frightened enough they asked for and got extra police protection.
Colorado school cancels classes over threat after Trump piñata incident
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado high school canceled classes on Monday following an unspecified online threat, authorities said, days after a Spanish teacher there was suspended over allegations he allowed students to strike a piñata depicting President Donald Trump.
Some Chase branches in Seattle closed by protests over pipeline loans
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Native American leaders and climate activists protested at several Chase branches in Seattle on Monday, forcing them to close temporarily as demonstrators demanded the bank not lend to projects like the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Owners of dead giant rabbit on United flight seek damages, probe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who was found dead after a United Airlines flight demanded on Monday that the airline pay damages, order an outside investigation and re-evaluate how it handles animals on flights.
Phoenix police say they caught man who killed nine in serial shootings
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 23-year-old man suspected of killing eight people over seven months in a string of serial shootings in Phoenix in 2016 is already behind bars on a murder charge for another slaying the year before, the city’s police chief said on …
Split verdict for Dewey & LeBoeuf executives in second trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan jury on Monday convicted a former top executive of the now-defunct U.S. law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf of defrauding investors while acquitting another executive, roughly 19 months after an earlier trial ended with a hung jury.
Texas House considers child welfare bill that critics say discriminates
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Republican-dominated Texas House of Representatives is set to consider this week a measure affecting adoption and other child welfare services that its sponsor says would protect faith-based groups, but critics say could a…
New York jail watchdog stripped of duties for spying on investigators
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Department of Correction watchdog was relieved of his investigative duties on Monday after he was accused of directing surveillance of telephone calls by informants about the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail compl…
Ex-wife of polygamous sect leader to open doors to secretive home
HILDALE, Utah (Reuters) – The Utah mansion where convicted pedophile and polygamous religious sect leader Warren Jeffs once lived is being purchased by one of his former wives, who hopes to make it a tourist attraction and home for people who have left…
Accused murderer of two Boston doctors pleads not guilty, held without bail
BOSTON (Reuters) – An attorney for a Massachusetts man accused of slitting the throats of two doctors in their Boston penthouse entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at a bedside hearing at the hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds sust…
