Gulf waterway traffic restrictions lifted: U.S. Coast Guard
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday it lifted traffic restrictions on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Galveston, Texas after temporarily halting movement on a section of the waterway following a barge incident.
Transgender student asks U.S. high court to keep out of bathroom case
(Reuters) – Lawyers for a transgender high school student in Virginia asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to keep out of a legal dispute about bathroom rights, an issue that has emerged as an increasingly divisive one in the United States.
Arizona mother, two kids found dead in apparent murder-suicide
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona woman found dead inside her Phoenix-area home with the bodies of her 17-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter is believed to have shot her two children to death before turning the gun on herself, authorities said on Tuesd…
Dozens of protesters arrested outside Minnesota governor’s mansion
(Reuters) – Dozens of people were arrested on Tuesday outside the Minnesota governor’s mansion amid a weeks-long protest over the police killing of a black motorist earlier this month.
UAW chief says Clinton told him she would renegotiate NAFTA
(Reuters) – United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams said on Tuesday that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has assured him she would renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement if she is elected president.
Charleston church shooter was headed to Tennessee when captured: documents
(Reuters) – The white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racist attack at a South Carolina church last year was heading to Tennessee when he was arrested, according to court records filed by prosecutors to support their federal charges…
Kansas budget pressures trigger S&P rating downgrade
(Reuters) – Ongoing budget woes in Kansas led Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday to downgrade the state’s credit rating by one notch to AA-minus with a stable outlook.
Atheist group sues Kansas City, Missouri, over Baptist convention
(Reuters) – An atheist group has sued Kansas City, Missouri, charging that plans to use $65,000 in tourism tax dollars to assist in an upcoming Baptist convention violates guarantees in the U.S. Constitution separating church and state.
Powerball jackpot grows to $422 million, eighth largest ever
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Powerball jackpot grew to $422 million ahead of an 11 p.m. EDT drawing on Wednesday, making it the eighth largest in the game’s history and the 11th-biggest lottery prize ever in the United States.
U.S. report says Tesla in fatal Autopilot crash was speeding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A driver killed in the May 7 crash of a Tesla Motors Inc car while using Autopilot driving-assist software was exceeding the speed limit, U.S. highway safety investigators said on Tuesday in a preliminary report that did not sta…
