U.S. school shootings linked to unemployment: university study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – School shootings in the United States rise as the economy slows and unemployment increases, according to a university study published on Monday.
New York governor calls for amending state constitution for abortion rights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he would seek to ensure that women have access to late-term abortions in the state even if conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court remove federal legal guarantees in place since the 197…
Christian university in North Korea seeks Texas A&M academic help
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Reuters) – The leaders of the only private university in North Korea asked Texas A&M University, known for its agricultural economics and public health programs, for help on Monday in teaching subjects such as how to grow food in a land of chronic shortages.
As marijuana becomes legal in Maine, governor seeks funding for rules
(Reuters) – Maine on Monday became the eighth U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana use and the state’s Republican governor called on lawmakers to approve funds to develop rules to oversee retail sales of the drug.
State of Washington says to sue to stop Trump immigration order
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The state of Washington will challenge U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from some Muslim-majority states in federal court, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Monday.
Former President George H.W. Bush released from hospital
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 92, was discharged on Monday from a Houston hospital where he was treated for more than two weeks after developing pneumonia, a spokesman said.
Arizona man convicted of helping college student join Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man was convicted on Monday of charges that he provided support to Islamic State by helping a New York City college student travel to Syria, where he died fighting for the militant group.
Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to using Twitter to help Islamic State
(Reuters) – A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Monday to posting the names of approximately 100 U.S. military members online and exhorting his Twitter followers to kill them in an effort to support Islamic State.
Shooting suspect pleads not guilty in deadly Florida airport attack
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – A 26-year-old Iraq war veteran pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges accusing him of opening fire in the baggage claim area of a Florida airport this month in an attack that killed five people.
New York jury in 1979 Patz murder case hears defense summation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A defense lawyer told a New York City jury on Monday that police got the wrong man when they charged his client in the notorious 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz, a case that raised alarms nationwide about the abduction…
