Atlantic City, N.J., makes $3.5 million debt service payments: mayor
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s fiscally distressed gambling hub Atlantic City has made its scheduled $3.475 million debt service payments, Mayor Don Guardian said on Tuesday, avoiding what could have been the first default in the state since the Great Depres…
U.S. counterterrorism agents arrest Michigan man with explosives
(Reuters) – Federal counter terrorism agents have arrested a 29-year-old Michigan man accused of illegally purchasing an arsenal of explosives and other devices capable of mass casualties, according to a criminal complaint filed this week.
Obama says supporting Libya’s fight vs Islamic State in U.S. interest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya’s emerging government’s fight against Islamic State, a day after his administration said it launched air attacks there.
Maryland prosecutors appeal new trial ruling for ‘Serial’ podcast’s Adnan Syed
(Reuters) – Maryland’s attorney general has appealed a judge’s order for a new trial for Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was put into question by the 2014 podcast “Serial.”
U.S. Air Force to say first squadron of F-35 jets combat-ready: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force will on Tuesday declare an initial squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp F-35A fighter jets ready for combat, according to sources familiar with the decision.
Briton in Trump gun incident could die in U.S. prison, mother says
LONDON (Reuters) – A British man detained in the United States for allegedly trying to wrestle a gun from a police officer at a Donald Trump rally is suffering from severe mental illness and risks dying in prison, his mother said on Tuesday.
Lawyers of church shooter argue federal death penalty unconstitutional
(Reuters) – Attorneys for a white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a South Carolina church a year ago argued that their client should not face the death penalty, asserting the punishment is unconstitution…
After Orlando shooting, gay leaders train sights on guns
NEW YORK, August 2 (Reuters) – Dozens of leading civil rights activists gathered earlier this summer at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender synagogue in the United States.
Slavery reparations sought in first Black Lives Matter agenda
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A coalition affiliated with the anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement called for criminal justice reforms and reparations for slavery in the United States among other demands in its first policy platform released on Monday.
Federal judge blocks North Dakota voter identification law
(Reuters) – North Dakota on Monday became the latest state to have its voter identification law blocked by a federal court, adding to a string of recent rulings across the United States on the grounds that such measures disenfranchise poor and minority…
