U.S. top court lets North Carolina voter law die, pleasing rights groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a Republican bid to revive a strict North Carolina voter-identification law that a lower court found deliberately discriminated against black voters, handing a victory to Democrats and ci…
Trump reassures farmers immigration crackdown not aimed at their workers
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry and its largely immigrant workforce, according to farmers and officials who met with h…
Four plead guilty in Baruch fraternity hazing death
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Four former New York fraternity brothers pleaded guilty on Monday in the 2013 hazing death of a Baruch College student in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, a case that raised fresh concerns about initiation rituals that can turn deadly.
District of Columbia contestant named Miss USA
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A 25-year-old scientist representing the District of Columbia was crowned winner of the Miss USA pageant on Sunday, the second consecutive year that the contestant from the nation’s capital won the annual competition.
Mayor of Virginia city targeted by anti-Semitic tweets after criticizing marchers
(Reuters) – The mayor of the Virginia college town of Charlottesville was the target of anti-Semitic tweets on Sunday after speaking out against white nationalists who converged on a local park carrying blazing torches the night before.
Facebook’s Sandberg urges family-friendly policies on Mother’s Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg posted a Mother’s Day appeal on Sunday for federal and corporate policies to benefit working parents, including a minimum wage increase, mandated paid parental leave and affordab…
U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to turn over any Comey tapes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fired FBI chief James Comey, potentially setting up a showdown with the White House as Democrats considered a boycott of the v…
Fifth person dies after Massachusetts auto auction crash
(Reuters) – A fifth person has died from his injuries following a crash at a Massachusetts auto auction earlier this month, when a SUV being readied for sale smashed through a concrete wall and into a crowd of bidders.
Trump pledges to move quickly to name new FBI director
WASHINGTON/LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will move quickly to nominate a new FBI director, after he sparked a political firestorm by firing the man investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump pr…
Police kill hostage-taker ending standoff at Illinois hospital
(Reuters) – Police shot and killed a county jail inmate receiving treatment at a hospital near Chicago after he grabbed his guard’s gun and took a female hospital employee hostage on Saturday, the sheriff’s office said.
