LGBT advocates scared, despite White House words on equality
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Advocates said on Tuesday they were bracing for moves by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to roll back lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, despite a White House statement vowing to uphold protection for LGB…
New York joins ACLU lawsuit against White House immigration order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York joined a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order stopping immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States, with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman calling the order “unconstitutional, unlawful, and fundamentally un-American.”
Massachusetts joins court battle against Trump travel ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts on Tuesday joined a legal effort to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, which the state’s attorney general has said is unconstitutional.
NY prosecutor urges jury to accept recanted confession in six-year-old’s 1979 death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York prosecutor urged a jury on Tuesday to believe the videotaped confession of a man who told police he lured and killed six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, though he later recanted the confession and claimed mental illness.
Homeland Security chief in noon news conference on Trump immigration orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly will participate in a press conference at noon EST (1700 GMT) on Tuesday with other department officials to discuss implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on imm…
Kushner divests equity in major NYC property
NEW YORK (IFR) – Jared Kushner has divested his equity interest in 666 Fifth Avenue, a 39-story office and retail building on Manhattan’s famed shopping area, according to a spokesperson at Kushner Companies.
Fired: Trump dumps top lawyer who defied immigration order
(In this Jan. 30 story, corrects spelling of Sergey Brin in paragraph 24)
American runner travels the world to win seven marathons in a week
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Starting over the snow in Antarctica and ending next to the sands of Sydney, an American shipbroker won seven marathons in seven continents over seven days to claim the World Marathon Challenge.
UNWTO warns Trump immigration order could hurt U.S. travel demand
BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries could affect demand for travel to the United States, the UN World Tourism Organization said on Tuesday.
Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting transgender boys
(Reuters) – The Boy Scouts of America said on Monday the group would begin accepting transgender boys, bucking its more than a century-old practice of using the gender stated on a birth certificate to determine eligibility.
