New York’s Cuomo unveils rights initiative, says election spawned ‘social crisis’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday launched an initiative to combat hate crimes and protect civil rights, saying the divisive U.S. presidential campaign had prompted a wave of disturbing incidents across the state and the cou…
Washington woman believed kidnapped not found after ransom paid: police
(Reuters) – A woman believed to have been kidnapped for ransom in southern Washington state was still missing on Saturday, a day after authorities arranged to meet the demand and then arrested a suspect, police said.
Crew begins dismantling Confederate monument in Louisville
(Reuters) – A work crew began to dismantle a Confederate monument in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, the mayor said, in the latest move to take down or relocate symbols of the slaveholding Southern Confederacy from the American Civil War.
Trump blasts ‘Hamilton’ cast as ‘rude’; creator Miranda says he’s ‘proud’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the cast of “Hamilton” for appealing from the stage to Mike Pence to “uphold our American values” while the vice-president-elect was attending a performance of the B…
Trump picks conservative loyalists for top security, law enforcement jobs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump picked three conservative loyalists to lead his national security and law enforcement teams on Friday, underscoring his campaign promise to take a hard line confronting Islamist militancy and curbing illegal immigration.
New-born daughter of slain Kansas woman found alive in Texas
(Reuters) – An eight-day-old girl who went missing this week after her mother was shot dead in Kansas has been discovered unharmed by law enforcement officials hundreds of miles away in Texas, police said on Saturday.
Three crew members, patient die in Nevada ambulance plane crash: media
(Reuters) – Three crew members and a patient were killed when their ambulance plane crashed in northeastern Nevada on Friday, local media reported.
Venezuelan first lady’s nephews convicted in U.S. drug trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady were found guilty on Friday on U.S. charges that they tried to carry out a multimillion-dollar drug deal to obtain a large amount of cash to help their family stay in power.
Massachusetts man convicted of fraud over ‘Kung Fu Panda’ drawings, lawsuit
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of back-dating drawings he relied on as evidence in his lawsuit against DreamWorks Animation that claimed he had invented the title character in the 2008 film “Kung Fu Panda.”…
FBI, police search for newborn daughter of slain Kansas woman
(Reuters) – FBI agents have joined police in Wichita, Kansas, in the search for a week-old infant girl reported missing by her father when he arrived home to find the mother shot to death in their home and the baby gone, police said on Friday.
