Missouri becomes 28th state with optional union dues
KANSAS City, Mo. (Reuters) – Missouri became the 28th U.S. state on Monday to make paying dues optional for employees who work in union-represented shops.
Teenager pleads guilty to stabbing U.S. tourist to death in London
LONDON (Reuters) – A teenager who suffered from mental health issues pleaded guilty on Monday to killing a U.S. tourist during a stabbing rampage in London last August.
No tailgating, but no lack of partying at Super Bowl
(This February 5 story has been corrected to make clear event’s cause in fifth paragraph)
New York man to face murder charge in killing of Queens jogger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York authorities were preparing on Sunday to charge a man arrested over the weekend in last summer’s killing and sexual assault of a 30-year-old female jogger on an isolated running path in the borough of Queens, officials said…
Technology firms to urge Trump to alter U.S. travel ban: sources
(Reuters) – Several technology companies plan to send a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urging his administration to follow through on proposed changes to a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations, sources familiar with the letter sai…
Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S. border security harder, intensifying the first major legal battl…
Trump faces uphill battle to overcome court’s hold on travel ban
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump faces an uphill battle to overcome a federal judge’s temporary hold on his travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries, but the outcome of a ruling on the executive order’s ultimate legality is less certain.
‘So-called judge’ derided by Trump known for fairness, work with youth
(Corrects first paragraph to make it “jurist” instead of “justice” as Robart is not a justice)
Defying uncaring image, New York subway riders erase swastikas from car
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The tale of the strangers aboard a New York subway car who teamed up this weekend to scrub away neo-Nazi graffiti went viral on Sunday, in an incident that highlighted a recent rise in hate and bias crimes reported around the count…
Safe on U.S. soil, new arrivals breathe sigh of relief
BAGHDAD/NEW YORK (Reuters) – For Fuad Sharef and his family, the tortuous ordeal of getting from Iraq to Nashville, Tennessee, was nearly over more than a week after it was to begin.
