Cuomo initiative to protect New York tenants wins court backing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge has upheld the legal authority of the Tenant Protection Unit, a key initiative of Governor Andrew Cuomo to protect rent-regulated tenants from overcharges, harassment and intimidation by unscrupulous landlord…
Jurors in manslaughter trial of Minnesota cop review videos
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) – Jurors deciding the fate of a Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a black motorist during a traffic stop last year took another look on Tuesday at two videos showing the incident and its immediate after…
Bail terms set for Texas deputy, husband in chokehold death
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Houston judge set bond terms, including no access to guns, at the first court appearance on Tuesday of a sheriff’s deputy and her husband who are charged with murder in the chokehold death of a restaurant patron that was cau…
California governor, legislature agree on final budget
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown announced on Tuesday that state lawmakers had reached an agreement about the state’s 2017-2018 budget.
Man charged with threats to U.S. Jewish groups pleads guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former journalist charged with calling in bomb threats to U.S. Jewish centers as part of a plot to get revenge on his ex-girlfriend pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cyberstalking and making hoax threats.
Bangladesh summons U.S. diplomat to protest arrest of envoy in New York
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s foreign ministry summoned a United States diplomat on Tuesday to express dismay over the arrest of the country’s deputy consul general in New York on charges of labor trafficking and assault.
High-level U.S. visit leads North Korea to free student in coma
WASHINGTON/CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Otto Warmbier, an American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months and said by his family to be in a coma, was medically evacuated from the reclusive country after a rare visit there from a high-l…
Two inmates on the run in Georgia after killing guards
(Reuters) – Police in Georgia mounted an intense search on Tuesday for two escaped inmates who overpowered and shot to death a pair of armed guards aboard a prison bus, then fled with both officers’ guns into the surrounding countryside, authorities sa…
Race for governor in Virginia set after tight primary race
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia’s lieutenant governor will face a former Republican national committee chairman in a November general election to become the state’s next governor in a race seen as a bellwether for next year’s mid-term congressional …
Centene to expand Obamacare insurance to three new states in 2018
(Reuters) – Centene Corp, one of the largest players in the Obamacare individual insurance market, said on Tuesday it would expand into three new states in 2018, despite uncertainty over the future of the legislation under President Donald Trump’s admi…
