U.S. top court says cities can sue over predatory lending but sets high bar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that cities may sue banks over predatory mortgage lending to minorities that harms municipal finances, but cast doubt on whether such cases can succeed by throwing out a lower court decision…
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Venezuela over oil rigs claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a lower court’s ruling that had allowed an American oil drilling company to sue Venezuela over the seizure of 11 drilling rigs in 2010 but allowed the business another chance to press i…
Strong quake hits sparsely populated area in Southeast Alaska
(Reuters) – A strong earthquake struck Southeast Alaska near its border with Canada’s Yukon Territory on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, followed by a series of minor seismic events in the sparsely populated area.
Life in California’s largest immigration detention center
ADELANTO, California (Reuters) – Roberto Galan, 33, paid a trafficker $3,000 to smuggle him into the United States from El Salvador for the first time as a teenager in 1997.
U.S. top court rejects ‘gay conversion’ therapy ban challenge
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact California’s ban on “gay conversion” therapy aimed at turning youths under age 18 away from homosexuality, rejecting a Christian minister’s challenge to the law asserting it violates religious ri…
SpaceX rocket lifts off on first launch for U.S. military
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Monday, carrying the company’s first satellite for the U.S. military, and breaking a 10-year monopoly held by a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
May Day rallies across U.S. target Trump immigration policy
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Labor unions and civil rights groups staged May Day rallies in several U.S. cities on Monday to denounce President Donald Trump’s get-tough policy on immigration, a crackdown they said preys on vulnerable workers in som…
Gunman kills one, injures others at San Diego pool party
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A man holding a gun in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other opened fire on people around a swimming pool in a San Diego apartment complex, killing one and injuring others before police shot him dead on Sunday, media said.
Armed couple arrested after deadly shooting spree near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police have arrested an armed couple they say fit the description of a man and woman sought in a weekend shooting spree near Los Angeles that left one man dead and at least three other people injured, authorities said on Sunday….
U.S. service member killed near Mosul identified as infantry officer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. service member who died when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on patrol outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was identified on Sunday as 1st Lieutenant Weston Lee.
