Justice Department to appeal music licensing court loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will ask an appeals court to require music licensing company BMI to change how it collects royalties, the department said in a brief court filing on Friday.
First U.S. transgender soldiers make gender transition after policy shift
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For several years, transgender U.S. Army Captain Julia Harrison shunned military social events, anxious at the thought of having to wear the pants and coat of male service members despite identifying as a woman.
Women planning mass march on Washington when Trump takes office
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women anxious that a Donald Trump presidency in the United States could set back or destroy many of their rights are planning a massive march in Washington one day after he is sworn in, organizers said on Friday….
In rural-urban divide, U.S. voters are worlds apart
JANESVILLE, Wisc. (Reuters) – Semi-retired Wisconsin pig farmer John Lader does not think much of Donald Trump as a messenger, but voted for what he described as the Republican president-elect’s message of change and economic hope for America.
Trump seen more moderate on criminal justice, law enforcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Criminal justice reform advocates said they expect Donald Trump will embrace moderate change once he is in the White House, toning down the punitive but undefined “law and order” image he projected on the campaign trail.
A discontented Michigan town: America should have seen Trump coming
ALGONAC, Mich. (Reuters) – Back in April, there were already early signs in this quiet Michigan town of the rural American discontent that helped propel Donald Trump to election victory, even if it was underestimated by the Washington establishment, po…
U.S. consumers will want Trump, Congress to take on drug prices
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans’ growing alarm over rising prescription drug costs will pressure a new U.S. administration and Congress to take action on pharmaceutical pricing, industry executives and healthcare experts say.
Stressed out over Trump victory? Try cleaning out your freezer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Clean out your freezer, try a manicure-pedicure and stay off social media.
Judge orders bottled water delivered in Flint, Mich., in water crisis
(This version of the Nov. 10 story, corrects the name to Natural Resources Defense Council in paragraph 3)
Zimbabwe court drops charges against hunter who helped kill Cecil the lion
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court has thrown out charges against a local hunter accused of failing to stop the killing of the country’s most prized lion by an American dentist, his lawyer said on Friday.
