Trump orders review of Obama waterway regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Tuesday directing environmental regulators to review an Obama-era rule that expanded the number of federally protected waterways as the president targets regulations that conservativ…
Indians mourn Kansas shooting victim in home-town funeral
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Dozens of people gathered in the Indian city of Hyderabad on Tuesday for the funeral of an engineer shot dead in the United States last week, an attack that has raised fears for the safety of Indians abroad.
Judge issues injunction against Pennsylvania district in transgender case
(Reuters) – Three transgender high school students in suburban Pittsburgh can use bathrooms that match their gender identity as their federal case against their school district proceeds in court, a judge ruled on Monday.
Review faults Washington police handling of inaugural protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington police who clashed with protesters at President Donald Trump’s inauguration potentially breached department guidelines and the rights of demonstrators, including through use of pepper spray, a civilian review board sai…
Light aircraft crashes into California home, killing three on board
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three people were killed and two critically injured when their light aircraft crashed into a house on Monday, causing several fires in a residential neighborhood in southern California, the local fire chief said.
Arkansas sets eight executions for April despite drug shortage
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Arkansas on Monday scheduled eight executions for April, the U.S. state’s first since 2005, despite lacking one of the three drugs needed to put the men to death.
U.S. attorney general still deciding whether to impose reforms on Chicago police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday the Justice Department was still deciding whether it would seek to impose reforms on the Chicago police force, which was the subject of a critical report by the former Obama admi…
Morgan Stanley gave some clients incorrect tax information
(Reuters) – Morgan Stanley gave some wealth management clients incorrect information on taxes that caused some to underpay and others to overpay, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.
Georgia pair sentenced to prison over Confederate flag confrontation
(Reuters) – A Georgia judge sentenced a man and a woman to spend years in prison on Monday for their roles in a 2015 Confederate flag display that disturbed a group of black people attending a child’s birthday party, prosecutors said.
Chicago schools seek immediate halt to ‘discriminatory’ state funding
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS) asked a state court on Monday to order an immediate halt to what it called Illinois’ practice of monetarily discriminating against the city’s students.
