College league ends North Carolina boycott after bathroom law revoked
(Reuters) – The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), a major collegiate athletic league, said on Friday it has restored North Carolina’s eligibility to host championship sporting events after the state repealed restrictions on bathroom access for transgend…
Texas Roadhouse to pay $12 million to settle U.S. EEOC age bias lawsuit
(Reuters) – Texas Roadhouse Inc agreed to pay $12 million to settle U.S. claims that the steakhouse chain refused to hire people age 40 and over to work as hosts, servers and bartenders.
New York state may vote to stop prosecuting 16-year-olds as adults
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York State Senate could vote as early as Friday night on whether to stop automatically prosecuting and imprisoning offenders as young as 16 years old as adults.
Louisiana deputy gets 40 years in prison for killing boy
MARKSVILLE, LA. (Reuters) – A Louisiana deputy marshal was sentenced on Friday to 40 years in prison for the 2015 killing of a 6-year-old boy who died in a volley of gunfire after the officer chased his father’s car.
Trump officials defend immigration arrests at California courthouses
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal agents have arrested illegal immigrants at California courthouses because local authorities have made such apprehensions at jails difficult, the Trump administration’s top two law enforcement officials told the state’s c…
Connecticut may become first U.S. state to allow deadly police drones
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to allow law enforcement agencies to use drones equipped with deadly weapons if a bill opposed by civil libertarians becomes law.
Ex-punk rocker challenges Ted Cruz for Senate
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A punk rocker-turned-congressman from Texas announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ted Cruz on Friday, making him the first prominent Democrat to challenge the former presidential candidate.
U.S. Zika vaccine begins second phase of testing
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Researchers have begun the second phase of testing of a Zika vaccine developed by U.S. government scientists in a trial that could yield preliminary results as early as the end of 2017.
New York mayor says violence-torn jail complex to close
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s massive Rikers Island jail complex will close in as little as 10 years, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday, saying falling crime levels had paved the way toward shuttering the troubled facility.
South Carolina man charged with trying to join Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An 18-year-old South Carolina man accused of attempting to join Islamic State was arrested late Thursday before boarding a flight in Charleston, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
