U.S. Justice Dept sues Michigan alleging gender-based discrimination
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Corrections alleging gender-based employment discrimination against female correctional officers.
CIA chief expects release of 9/11 documents to clear Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) – CIA chief John Brennan said on Sunday he expects 28 classified pages of a U.S. congressional report into the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to be published, absolving Saudi Arabia of any responsibility.
U.S. top court rejects American Samoan birthright citizenship bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a lower-court ruling preserving American Samoa’s status as the only overseas U.S. territory without birthright U.S. citizenship, rejecting a legal challenge aimed at making people born th…
Abortion providers, opponents brace for U.S. high court decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As she waits for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a challenge to a restrictive Texas abortion law, Amy Hagstrom-Miller said she hopes she will not have to close up to three of the clinics she operates in the state, but is planni…
Obama calls Orlando nightclub shooting an attack on all Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday described the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as “an act of terror” and “an act of hate,” saying the massacre of 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was an attack on all Am…
Rape retrial arguments to begin for ex-Vanderbilt football player
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Opening arguments are due to begin on Monday in the retrial of a former Vanderbilt University football player nearly a year after a judge declared a mistrial following his conviction for the June 2013 rape of an unconscious…
Powerful Saudi prince to meet Obama, Ban on U.S visit
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince flew to the United States on Monday for meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Saudi media reported.
U.S. court to weigh lawmakers’ immunity in trading investigations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court will consider on Monday whether a U.S. congressional committee and one of its former staff are immune from having to cooperate with an insider-trading investigation.
Two killed in gunfire at baseball game in central Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Armed assailants opened fire at a baseball game in the central Mexican state of Puebla on Sunday, killing two people and wounding six others, the state government said.
Gay Americans are shaken, unbowed by nightclub attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For many Americans, gay bars and nightclubs have long served as a place of refuge, a carefree place filled with like-minded souls away from the relatives, employers or anyone else who might judge them disapprovingly, or worse.
