U.S. Navy mulls punishment for sailors seized by Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States Navy officials are reviewing potential punishments against the American sailors who were briefly held by Iran in January and are close to a decision, a Navy official said on Thursday.
U.S. court says Virginia transgender student can use boys’ bathroom
(Reuters) – A federal court ordered a Virginia school district on Thursday to let a transgender student use the same bathrooms as other boys in a case that may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Obama briefed on man who took hostages in German cinema: White House
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama had been briefed about a masked man who took hostages at a cinema in western Germany and was later killed by police.
Homeless man did not break law by fleeing cold: Massachusetts’ top court
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a homeless man who had been found guilty of criminal trespassing for sleeping in a mixed-use building during the winter of 2014, ruling he had a legal right to argue t…
Florida nightclub shooter buried in Muslim cemetery: reports
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history has been buried at a Muslim cemetery in southern Florida, media reported on Thursday.
New York City heightens security for Sunday’s gay pride parade
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police will send more officers to safeguard Sunday’s annual gay pride parade, boosting security at the event that is expected to attract more than 1.6 million spectators just days after the June 12 mass shooting in Or…
California oil pipeline spill stopped before reaching beach
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An oil spill of 700 barrels of crude spilled from a pipeline near California’s coast on Thursday but was quickly contained in a dry creek bed and did not reach the Pacific Ocean in Ventura County, officials said.
Baltimore judge clears second officer in Freddie Gray death
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson Jr. on Thursday became the second officer cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died of injuries sustained while in police custody.
San Francisco sets vote on soda tax amid battle on health warnings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – San Francisco residents will have a second chance to vote on whether to tax soda after city officials this week added the measure to a November ballot that could result in more of the Bay Area being subject to the controversial lev…
EPA says filtered Flint, Michigan drinking water safe to drink
DETROIT (Reuters) – Federal officials said on Thursday it is safe for anyone to drink properly filtered water in Flint, Michigan, where a public health crisis erupted after residents were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead.
