Black Lives Matter sues for court oversight of Chicago police reforms
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Members of Black Lives Matter and other groups sued the city of Chicago on Wednesday, seeking to force federal court oversight of reforms to the police department, which has been accused of using excessive force against minorities.
Trump administration amends travel ban date to keep legal battle alive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to amend the starting date of its proposed 90-day travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority countries in a bid to keep its legal battle alive.
Exclusive: U.S., Mexico, Slim charity to work on Central America crime, migration
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States, Mexico and three Central American nations will this week unveil plans to work with billionaire Carlos Slim’s charity to tackle crime in Central America and find new ways of slowing migration, according to a dr…
Scalise in critical condition after attack by gunman at baseball field
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – Congressman Steve Scalise, the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, was in critical condition on Wednesday night after he and three others were shot as they practiced for a charity baseball game.
Shots fired outside Barclays Center in Brooklyn, one injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One man was shot outside a shopping center near a major sports arena in New York City on Wednesday but it was not immediately clear who opened fire or how badly the victim was hurt, police said.
Harvard’s first female president to step down next year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – Harvard University President Drew Faust, the first woman to serve in that post in the elite Ivy League school’s 380-year history, plans to step down from her role at the end of the next academic year, she said on Wednesday….
Search for two Georgia fugitives goes nationwide: local sheriff
(Reuters) – The search for two Georgia prison inmates who killed two guards and stole a pickup truck has expanded nationwide, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said on Wednesday.
Education Secretary seeks rule redo for defrauded college students
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday called for a “regulatory reset,” and pressed pause on a rule intended to speedily cancel the student-loan debts of people defrauded by for-profit Corinthian Colleges Inc and other…
Six Michigan officials criminally charged in Flint water crisis
(Reuters) – Six current and former Michigan and Flint officials were criminally charged on Wednesday for their roles in the city’s water crisis that was linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that caused at least 12 deaths, the state’s attorney…
UPS worker kills three colleagues in San Francisco, turns gun on himself
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A UPS driver opened fire with a handgun inside a United Parcel Service Inc delivery center in San Francisco on Wednesday, killing three co-workers before fatally shooting himself as police closed in, authorities and company o…
