No evidence of shooter at Houston hospital: police
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Police swarmed a Houston hospital on Tuesday after reports of a shooting but found no evidence any weapon had been fired and said no one was injured in the incident.
Firebrand Milo quits Breitbart News after child sex remarks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Provocative far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos resigned on Tuesday as a senior editor of the Breitbart News website after he was vilified and lost a book deal over comments that condoned certain intimate relations between men …
Conservative U.S. justices skeptical in cross-border shooting case
(Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expressed skepticism about reviving a lawsuit filed by the family of a Mexican teenager against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fatally shot the 15-year-old from across the border in Texas …
Trump issues first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States on Tuesday after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centers around the country and vandalism in a Jew…
North Carolina governor, attorney general seek to end voting law case
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Democratic governor and attorney general on Tuesday withdrew a request for a U.S. Supreme Court review of a state voting law struck down last year by an appeals court that found it intentionally discrimi…
White House signals reversal in transgender bathroom policy
(Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday signaled it was preparing to reverse a U.S. policy on transgender rights, raising concern among rights advocates that Republican President Donald Trump is about to revoke a signature initiative of his predecessor….
Americans eat out less as higher menu prices take a bite from restaurant visits: Reuters/Ipsos poll
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A third of U.S. adults are eating out less frequently than three months ago, mostly because of cost, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey that illustrates the challenge for U.S. restaurants seeking to revive traffic after zer…
Demonstrators vow face-off against North Dakota pipeline
(Reuters) – Protesters near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline are bracing for a stand-off with law enforcement as they face orders to evacuate a camp that has served as the base of their opposition to the multibillion-dollar project.
Virginia governor vetoes bill defunding Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have blocked funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions and other health services.
Brooklyn detainees may sue NYC over ‘degrading’ conditions: U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City must face a lawsuit claiming it unconstitutionally subjected pretrial detainees at Brooklyn Central Booking to “degrading” conditions such as overcrowded and filthy cells, rotten food and undrinkable water, a federal …
