Same-day voter registration temporarily reinstated in Illinois
(Reuters) – An Illinois law allowing voters in highly populated areas to register to vote at polling places on election day was reinstated on Tuesday by a federal court, pending an appeal of a ruling declaring the statute unfair to people in smaller co…
Grim murder scene described in California ‘furry’ murder case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police investigating 911 calls from a home linked to Southern California’s “furry” dress-up community found two young girls standing on the front porch, three slain bodies inside and a blood-spattered dog, court papers on Tuesda…
Transgender voters may face problems voting in U.S. election, activists say
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Up to 34,000 transgender people in the United States could face problems voting in next month’s election because their ID cards do not match their gender, advocacy groups said, urging them to use a postal vote to…
Georgia boy’s death in hot car was accident, not dad’s intent: lawyer
(Reuters) – A Georgia man accidentally left his toddler son to die in a hot car in 2014 but did not kill him intentionally in order to pursue online sex as prosecutors contend, his defense lawyer argued at trial on Tuesday.
NJ train crash investigators recover data, video recorders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investigators looking into what caused last week’s fatal New Jersey Transit train crash at Hoboken Terminal have recovered the data and video recorders from the lead car, officials said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down restrictive abortion law
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
Video in Los Angeles police shooting shows black teen with a handgun
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles police, seeking to quell protests over the fatal weekend shooting of an African-American teenager, released surveillance video on Tuesday in which the youth is seen holding a handgun moments before he is shot by offi…
After fatal fire, watchdog finds safety neglect in NYC public housing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City maintenance worker falsely reported that the smoke alarms inside a Bronx public housing apartment were working just hours before a fire erupted inside, killing two young children, according to a report released on T…
Driver fatigue, meth to blame in deadly 2015 Tennessee crash: safety panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The driver of a tractor-trailer had used methamphetamine and failed to get adequate rest before a highway crash in Tennessee that killed six people and injured 18, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.
U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province on Tuesday while carrying out operations against Islamic State, the U.S. military said in a statement.
