Texan who called Obama a prostitute runs for school board seat
DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas voters went to the polls on Tuesday to decide if they want the state’s school board to include a retired teacher who claimed President Barack Obama was a gay prostitute and said dinosaurs might still be around if Noah had more …
U.S. security union wants more screeners to ease airport delays
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The union for transportation security officers on Tuesday urged the U.S. Congress to pay for 6,000 more full-time workers who conduct screenings to alleviate long lines at U.S. airports, a problem that caused a shakeup in the U.S. T…
Head of security for TSA removed from post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of security for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has been removed from his position, according to an internal TSA memo on Monday seen by Reuters, after the agency was criticized for long lines at airport s…
Up against strict laws, Texas women learn do-it-yourself abortions
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Susanna was young, single, broke and pregnant in southern Texas where, thanks to the state’s strict laws, her chances of getting a surgical abortion at a clinic were slim to none.
North Dakota oil truck operator faces sentencing for contract murders
SPOKANE, Wash. (Reuters) – A former trucking company operator from North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch was due in federal court in eastern Washington on Tuesday to face sentencing for his conviction on charges of orchestrating the contract killings of two …
Financial tech startups compete for overlooked U.S. immigrant market
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – For two decades, Noe Sanchez sent money from California to his father in Mexico City through storefront outlets of traditional remittance firms such as Western Union.
Planned Parenthood sued over Colorado abortion clinic shooting
DENVER (Reuters) – The widow of a man fatally shot at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado and a woman wounded in the same 2015 attack are suing the facility over lax security, court records showed on Monday.
U.S. e-cigarette use stalls as health concerns grow: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Use of electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices has stalled in the United States as more Americans question their safety, according to a new online Reuters/Ipsos poll.
House rejects bill requiring carriers to share phone location
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted down on Monday a measure that would have compelled cell phone carriers to disclose a phone’s location with law enforcement in the event of an emergency, amid a last-minute lobbying effort f…
Pittsburgh man convicted in killings of Iowa lawmaker’s sisters
(Reuters) – A Pittsburgh man was convicted on Monday of killing two of his neighbors, who were the sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker, during a robbery at their home in 2014, authorities said.
