Obama eases restrictions on Cuba, lifts limits on rum and cigars
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – Americans traveling to Cuba will be allowed to bring home more of the communist-ruled island’s coveted cigars and rum under new measures announced by the U.S. government on Friday to further ease trade, travel and financia…
Connecticut judge dismisses Sandy Hook families’ suit against gunmaker
(Reuters) – A Connecticut judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the families of some of the 26 young children and adults killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in 2012, saying the maker of the rifle used in the attack had “broad immunity” un…
Mourners gather to remember black man killed by Charlotte police
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (Reuters) – Mourners at the funeral for Keith Scott, whose death in a police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina last month led to a week of sometimes violent protests, called for a commitment to change and an end to hate.
New Jersey Governor Christie signs gas tax hike, restarts halted transportation projects
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday signed into law a gasoline tax hike of 23 cents a gallon and ordered that stalled bridge, road and transit projects be restarted.
Three Kansas men charged with plotting attack on Somali community
(Reuters) – Three Kansas men have been charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas, where Somali immigrants live and worship, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
Nearly two dozen San Antonio police punished for wearing Trump hats
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen San Antonio police seen in uniform wearing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats will be reprimanded or provided counseling for violating department policy, the departm…
Two Wisconsin men charged with trying to join Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Wisconsin men have been charged with attempting to travel overseas to join the Islamic State militant group, the Justice Department said on Friday.
U.S. Sen. Warren urges Obama to fire head of SEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a proponent of strong financial regulation, turned up the heat on the country’s top securities regulator on Friday, urging President Barack Obama to fire Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mar…
U.S. Justice Ginsburg backtracks on criticism of NFL’s Kaepernick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday called her criticism of National Football League player Colin Kaepernick “inappropriately dismissive and harsh” and said she should not have commented on his protest agains…
New York pharmacy’s ‘man tax’ to highlight tampon costs prompts backlash
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A New York City pharmacy that imposed a tax only on male customers has received some 3,000 hate messages, its co-owner said on Friday, amid a national debate over taxes on feminine hygiene products.
