Muslims raise over $91,000 for vandalized Jewish cemetery in Missouri
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Muslim Americans have helped raise more than $91,000 to repair vandalized headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, according to an online fundraising page, amid attacks and threats against Jewish institutions.
Thousands still forced from homes by flooding in California tech hub
(Reuters) – The mucky water flooding a section of San Jose in Northern California forced officials on Wednesday to widen the area under mandatory evacuation orders, with about 14,000 people barred from returning to their homes following drenching rains…
A girl named Ehlena and a dog named Wonder win at U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a disabled Michigan girl whose school refused to let her bring her service dog to class, making it easier for students like her to seek redress for discrimination in federal court.
U.S. Homeland Secretary Kelly warns Guatemalans to stay home
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday told Guatemalans not to waste their money trying to get to the United States illegally, detailing how his department was cracking down on undocumented immigrants and wo…
Republicans more concerned by leaks than Trump team Russian ties: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rank-and-file Republicans are more concerned about leaks to the media of conversations between Trump advisers and the Russian government than they are about the conversations themselves, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll re…
Revised Chicago school budget approved, $111 million gap remains
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday approved a revised budget that incorporates unpaid furlough days and other cost-cutting measures to save $104 million to help address a $215 million pension funding shortfall.
College Board tightens SAT exam security, but key risk remains
BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The owner of the SAT college-entrance exam, which has been plagued by a raft of cheating incidents overseas, outlined new security measures but stopped short of remedying the test’s biggest vulnerability.
Judge bars investors from collecting on $300 million clerical error
(Reuters) – A judge has crushed the hopes of a group of investors in Ultra Petroleum Inc, a bankrupt natural gas company, who had sought to collect a $300 million windfall because a clerk entered a court order on the wrong date.
Dylann Roof stopped at second church after 2015 massacre -prosecutors
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Dylann Roof drove to another African-American church after killing nine black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina, a sign he intended to carry out more racially-motivated attacks, U.S. prosecutors said in newly unsea…
ACLU sues Milwaukee, widening challenge to police stop-and-frisk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued on Wednesday to halt Milwaukee’s stop-and-frisk policy, a nationally controversial policing practice that critics say unfairly targets people of color and has been endorsed by President Don…
