Sessions visits U.S.-Mexico border to push migrant crackdown
Nogales, Ariz. (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to make his case for increased prosecutions of illegal immigrants, pressuring U.S. attorneys to prioritize cases against criminal migrants.
New Hampshire top court upholds ban on ‘Animal House’ fraternity
BOSTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire’s top court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision banning the fraternity that inspired the movie “Animal House” from living in its house near Dartmouth College campus after the school decertified the group for bran…
Police probe motives behind fatal San Bernardino classroom shooting
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Relatives of a school teacher shot dead by her husband in a San Bernardino, California, classroom have told investigators the slaying capped a brief, turbulent marriage and breakup marked by accusations of infidelity …
Spanish man given 23 years jail for U.S. pilgrim murder
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish man was sentenced to 23 years in jail on Tuesday for the murder of U.S. tourist Denise Pikka Thiem as she walked the Camino de Santiago pilgrim route in northwest Spain in 2015.
New York City settles with U.S. over denying job to HIV-positive man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s police department will pay an HIV-positive man $85,000 and offer to hire him as a dispatcher to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice claiming the city illegally revoked a job offer because of h…
Trump hotel, chef settle suit over canceled Washington restaurant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s family business has reached a settlement with a second celebrity chef over a canceled deal for a restaurant at Trump’s hotel in Washington, the two sides said.
Oregon lawmakers pass bill banning marijuana merchants from keeping buyer information
(Reuters) – Oregon lawmakers sought on Monday to protect buyers of marijuana from possible penalties under federal law, approving a bill to ban sellers of the drug for recreational use from keeping information on their customers.
Grains piled on runways, parking lots, fields amid global glut
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Iowa farmer Karl Fox is drowning in corn.
U.S. judge finds Texas voter ID law was intended to discriminate
(Reuters) – A Texas law that requires voters to show identification before casting ballots was enacted with the intent to discriminate against black and Hispanic voters, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday.
Groups sue to obtain White House visitor logs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A coalition of nonprofit groups on Monday sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to obtain logs of visitors to President Donald Trump’s homes.
