U.S. police deaths build momentum for law to treat attacks as hate crimes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the U.S. Congress returns in September from a summer recess, it is expected to consider legislation called the Blue Lives Matter Act that would make killing a police officer a hate crime, a step first taken by Louisiana earl…
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to rehear immigration case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a last-ditch effort to revive a White House plan to protect up to 4 million immigrants from deportation, the Obama administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear a case on which the eight-member court was spli…
Judge throws out parts of Bill Cosby’s lawsuit over 2006 settlement
(Reuters) – A federal judge has thrown out parts of a lawsuit filed by disgraced comedian Bill Cosby against one of his accusers, her mother, two lawyers and the publisher of the National Enquirer claiming that they violated a confidential settlement a…
Baltimore police lieutenant acquitted in Freddie Gray case
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore prosecutors on Monday failed for the fourth time to secure a conviction against a city police officer for the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, as a lieutenant was cleared of all charges.
Luxury home sales plunge in Long Island’s tony Hamptons
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Overall sales plunged by about half and home prices fell sharply in the second quarter in the toniest enclaves of the Hamptons, New York’s weekend haunt for the wealthy, as stock market jitters earlier in the year damped the appeti…
Zika mystery widens as Utah caregiver contracts virus
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials are investigating the mysterious case of a person in Utah who contracted Zika while caring for an elderly man infected with the virus who died last month.
Presidential candidate Clinton promises to prosecute police killers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton promised on Monday to bring the “full weight of the law” against people who kill police officers if she becomes the next U.S. president after two recent episodes of gunmen slaying police officers in Dallas and Baton…
U.S. says hopes to raise more than $2 billion from donors for Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States expects to raise about $2 billion from donor nations for Iraq’s needs during a pledging conference in Washington this week, a senior State Department official said on Monday.
U.S. judge rejects plea deal for ex-L.A. sheriff who lied in probe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A plea agreement between U.S. prosecutors and former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who had pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in a corruption and civil rights probe, was rejected on Monday by a federal judge who sai…
U.S. officials working to restore public trust in police: attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday strongly condemned the weekend slaying of three Louisiana police officers and said federal authorities were working to help restore public trust in police following a series of violen…
