Massachusetts churches sue over transgender bathroom bill
(Reuters) – Four Massachusetts churches on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking to be exempted from a state law that requires public places to allow transgender people to use bathrooms in line with their gender identity.
U.S. to seek criminal contempt charge against Arizona sheriff
PHOENIX (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek a criminal contempt charge against Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for his tough stance on illegal immigration, for violating a court order in a 2007 racial profilin…
Chicago mayor buys peace with teachers, fiscal impact uncertain
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A tentative deal reached late on Monday between the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and its teachers union averted a strike that had been scheduled for Tuesday but the impact on the district’s already shaky finances was uncertain.
Unarmed black man killed by Tulsa police had PCP in his system: autopsy
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – An unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police in Oklahoma last month while he had his hands in the air had a hallucinogenic drug in his system when he was killed, according to an autopsy released on Tuesday.
Self-styled Minnesota pastor pleads guilty to sex crimes
(Reuters) – A self-styled Minnesota church leader who was arrested in Brazil last year on allegations of sexually assaulting two 15-year-old girls pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony sex crimes, prosecutors said.
U.S. court rules CFPB structure unconstitutional, bureau can still operate
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the structure of the U.S. agency charged with guarding consumers’ finances is unconstitutional, fueling an election-year political fight over one of the signature government …
U.S. justices to weigh detainee suit against Bush officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether to block a lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and others by non-U.S. citizens, mainly Muslims, swept up after the Sept. 11 attacks who said they were a…
U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters: ACLU
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union…
SUNY Polytechnic president resigns amid corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The president of State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute has resigned from his position after prosecutors accused him of engaging in schemes to rig bids for state-funded contracts, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Supreme Court weighs Colorado juror race-bias dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The role of race in the U.S. criminal justice system came before the Supreme Court again on Tuesday in a case in which a Hispanic man is seeking to overturn his sexual offense convictions due to a juror’s racially charged stateme…
