Judge keeps new Kentucky state pension board in place
(Reuters) – Kentucky’s financially struggling pension system will move forward with an expanded governing board after a judge late on Monday temporarily ruled in favor of a reorganization ordered by Governor Matt Bevin.
Washington police veteran named interim chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A longtime deputy to outgoing Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier has been named interim chief while the search is under way for her replacement, Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Gaston to become a Hurricane later Tuesday: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Gaston is expected to strengthen and become a hurricane later Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory, adding that it was rapidly moving west-northwestward.
Thousands still in shelters after record Louisiana floods
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – More than 3,000 Louisiana residents were still in emergency shelters as record flood waters receded on Monday, while government officials weighed options for temporary housing after the state’s worst disaster since Hurrican…
Deaths from U.S. lightning strikes this year at highest since 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A pair of fatalities from lightning strikes over the weekend lifted the U.S. death toll from such accidents this year to 29, the most since 2010, the National Weather Service said on Monday.
No charges for New Jersey cop in slaying of black man with hands up
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Judge halts Ferguson, Missouri, school board elections, saying they violate voting rights
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday barred further elections for the Ferguson, Missouri, school district until it reforms a system he said violated the rights of black voters in a city that has become the face of a fierce U.S. debate on race.
Family files suit over gun instructor’s killing at Arizona range
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The family of an Arizona gun instructor fatally shot by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi submachine gun in 2014 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the range and its owner, an attorney confirmed on Monday.
U.S. judge blocks Obama transgender school bathroom policy
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. judge blocked an Obama administration policy that public schools should allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice, granting a nationwide injunction sought by 13 dissenting states just in time for t…
U.S. judge denies Texas professors who sought gun ban in their classrooms
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. district judge on Monday denied a motion from three University of Texas professors who wanted to ban guns in their classroom after the state gave some students that right under a law then went into effect this month.
