Residency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search: U.S. court
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday said police officers cannot stop and search vehicles belonging to out-of-state motorists simply because of where they reside, including states where marijuana use is legal.
Massachusetts judge under fire for sentence in sex assault case
(Reuters) – Women’s groups and social media users on Tuesday criticized as too lenient the two years’ probation given to a Massachusetts student athlete who sexually assaulted two women as they slept, likening it to a recent California case that also r…
Illinois governor’s office warns of crippling pension payment hike
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Potential action this week by Illinois’ biggest public pension fund could put a big dent in the state’s already fragile finances, Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration warned.
Texas, four other states sue over U.S. transgender health policy
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas and four other states sued the Obama administration on Tuesday over extending its healthcare nondiscrimination law to transgender individuals, saying the move “represents a radical invasion of the federal bureaucracy into a doctor’s medical judgment.”
Graduate students at private colleges can unionize: U.S. labor board
(Reuters) – Columbia University graduate students who work as research and teaching assistants can form a union, the U.S. labor board ruled on Tuesday, opening the gates for graduate student organizing on private campuses all over the country.
Dozens of wildfires rage across arid U.S. West
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dozens of wildfires that have blackened hundreds of square miles raged in the arid U.S. West on Tuesday, as destructive blazes forced residents from homes in California and Washington state.
Obama promises support to Louisiana after floods
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama walked door to door in an East Baton Rouge Parish neighborhood on Tuesday hugging people and offering assurances that the country would help them recover from some of the worst floods ever recor…
FBI probes stabbing by Virginia man who yelled “Allah Akbar”: police
(Reuters) – The FBI is investigating a double stabbing by a Virginia man who shouted the Muslim phrase “Allah Akbar,” while authorities on Tuesday denied media reports that the attack may have been an attempted beheading.
Appeals court upholds Ohio law that shortens early voting
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Ohio law passed in 2014 that shortened the state’s early voting period and abolished a so-called Golden Week when residents could register and cast ballots in the same week.
Sandusky is innocent, deserves new trial, lawyer says
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) – Convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is innocent and should get a new trial, his defense lawyer told reporters following a three-day hearing in a Pennsylvania state court.
