Georgetown University renames buildings to atone for slavery ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Georgetown University moved to atone for its historical links to slavery on Tuesday by holding a religious service and renaming buildings after African-Americans, including for one of 272 slaves sold to help fund the Washington s…
U.S. senator raises questions about hospital operator UHS
(Reuters) – A Republican senator said on Tuesday he had written to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising questions about reports of “troubling conduct” by psychiatric hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc.
NCAA returns to North Carolina after transgender bathroom law repeal
(Reuters) – The National Collegiate Athletic Association on Tuesday formally reversed course and scheduled championship games in North Carolina, returning to the state after previously stripping it of events to protest a law on transgender use of publi…
Alabama’s new governor orders speedier election to fill Senate seat
(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday moved up to December the election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions after he was named attorney general, saying that the original plan to hold the election in late 2018 was not soon e…
Montana real estate agent sues neo-Nazi website over ‘troll storm’
(Reuters) – A Montana real estate agent who said she and her 12-year-old son received hundreds of threatening anti-Semitic messages after a neo-Nazi website called on its readers to launch a “troll storm” against her sued the site’s owner in federal co…
U.S. top court urged to decide church case despite state policy flip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Missouri officials and a church embroiled in a closely watched dispute over public money going to religious entities urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide the case despite a pivotal policy change by the state’s Republ…
U.S. cargo ship blasts off for space station with supplies, experiments
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Florida on Tuesday, propelling a cargo capsule filled with supplies and science experiments toward the International Space Station.
Lawsuit against Trump over foreign payments expands
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A nonprofit watchdog expanded a lawsuit accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by letting his hotels and restaurants accept payments from foreign governments.
Suspect in Facebook video murder kills self in Pennsylvania: police
ERIE, Pa. (Reuters) – A murder suspect who police said posted a video on Facebook of the killing of a Cleveland man fatally shot himself after a “brief pursuit” by Pennsylvania State Police officers on Tuesday, police said.
N.Y. man gets 25 years to life for 1979 murder of Etan Patz
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former delicatessen worker convicted of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in a 1979 New York slaying that helped raise national awareness about the plight of abducted children was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison.
