Massachusetts challenges immigration detention in state court
BOSTON (Reuters) – The state of Massachusetts on Tuesday asked its top court to find that state authorities lack the authority to detain illegal immigrants who come in contact with the legal system to buy time for federal authorities to take them into …
Denver choking death reported linked to doughnut-eating contest
DENVER (Reuters) – A 42-year-old Denver man choked to death while taking part in an eating contest that requires participants to consume a half-pound doughnut in less than two minutes, authorities and media said on Monday.
California Senate approves bill curbing police immigration enforcement
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The California Senate approved legislation on Monday to restrict police agencies statewide in assisting federal efforts to deport illegal immigrants, after the bill was amended to give local law enforcement more leeway in…
Justice Department asks for 90 days to review agreement with Baltimore
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal court for 90 days to review an agreement reached with Baltimore for the city to enact a series of police reforms in how officers use force and transport prisoners, court documents showed…
Harrison Ford not disciplined by U.S. agency for pilot mishap
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Harrison Ford, the daring space pilot of “Star Wars” fame, will get to keep flying airplanes in real life after federal officials closed a probe of his latest aviation mishap near Los Angeles without fines or other discipl…
U.S. court approves lawsuit against Germany over claims of Nazi art theft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge has allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Germany over claims of the Nazi-era theft from Jewish dealers of a celebrated collection of gilded medieval art treasures.
New York passes emergency spending plan to avoid shutdown
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – New York lawmakers on Monday passed an emergency spending plan authorizing Governor Andrew Cuomo to pay bills and keep the state government operating for the next two months.
Pennsylvania families, fracking company ordered to settle dispute
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Two Pennsylvania families who claimed their drinking water had been tainted by fracking and the energy company they blamed for it said on Monday they would try to seek a settlement after a judge threw out a $4.2 million jury…
U.S. Southeast on guard for tornadoes after storm kills four
(Reuters) – A powerful storm system in the southeastern United States that killed four people, including a woman swept away by flood waters while she called 911, put much of the region under a tornado watch on Monday and delayed hundreds of flights.
U.S. appeals court sets May hearing on revised Trump travel order
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court said on Monday it would hold a hearing in May over a Hawaii federal judge’s order that blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel restrictions on citizens from six Muslim-majority countries.
