Americans oppose bathroom laws limiting transgender rights: poll
(Reuters) – The majority of respondents to a new U.S. poll opposed laws barring transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identities and indicated growing acceptance for gay rights, a nonpartisan research group said on Friday…
More than 100,000 customers without power in upstate New York
(Reuters) – More than 100,000 customers remained without power in upstate New York on Friday and were told that some outages could last for days after fierce winds toppled power lines and damaged homes and businesses.
Trump’s disputes with local governments could create fresh conflicts of interest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, has a magnificent course. Just ask its namesake, U.S. President Donald Trump, who until recently was quoted on its website saying the club “provides more than a membership – it’s a true luxury lifestyle.”
Trump administration sends judges to immigration detention centers: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Justice is deploying 50 judges to immigration detention facilities across the United States, according to two sources and a letter seen by Reuters and sent to judges on Thursday.
U.S. program for Afghan translators in jeopardy as visa supply runs low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it will soon run out of visas for interpreters and other Afghans who have worked for the U.S. government during the decade and a half that U.S. forces have been engaged in the country.
In Missouri, poor defendants wait months in jail for lawyers: ACLU
(Reuters) – Missouri’s system for providing lawyers to represent poor people accused of crimes is so under-funded that defendants wait months for an attorney and plead guilty in cases they could easily have won, a lawsuit filed Thursday said.
Boston St. Patrick’s parade organizers deny banning gay marchers
BOSTON (Reuters) – Organizers of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade denied on Thursday that they told a gay veterans’ group its members could not march openly in one of the largest U.S. celebrations of the holiday and accused the group of breaking parad…
Bird flu strikes Tennessee chickens again, in a less-dangerous form
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A commercial flock of 17,000 chickens in Tennessee has been culled after becoming infected with low-pathogenic bird flu, state agricultural officials said on Thursday, days after a more dangerous form of the disease killed poultry i…
U.S. Appeals court grapples with labor board ‘joint employment’ test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A California waste management company on Thursday asked a U.S. appeals court to overturn a contentious labor board decision on “joint employment” that could make it easier to hold companies accountable for the labor practices of …
Washington restaurant sues Trump over alleged unfair hotel competition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Washington restaurant has sued U.S. President Donald Trump and the company that operates his landmark Washington hotel, claiming that patrons have shifted business there to curry favor with his new administration, the owners sa…
