Sorority apologizes for racist T-shirt made by chapter in Alabama
(Reuters) – A sorority in Alabama apologized on Friday for a T-shirt that it made depicting a racially offensive image of an African-American person eating a piece of watermelon.
Connecticut lawmakers vote to close $1 billion budget hole
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut’s lawmakers moved to close a projected budget deficit of nearly $1 billion on Friday, the last hurdle for a spending plan that now passes to the governor for signing before the start of the fiscal year on July 1.
U.S. tells schools to give transgender students bathroom rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration told U.S. public schools on Friday that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice, upsetting Republicans and raising the likelihood of fights over federal funding and legal …
Three killed in California when Amtrak train slams pickup
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Three people were killed on Friday when an Amtrak train slammed into their pickup truck near Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said.
Wrestler ‘incompetent’ to stand trial in 1983 Pennsylvania murder: expert
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – A Harvard psychologist testified on Friday that former professional wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was incompetent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend in Allentown, but prosecutors attacked his conclusions.
Arizona sheriff violated court orders in racial profiling case: judge
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three of his top officials were found to be in civil contempt on Friday after a federal judge ruled that he violated court orders stemming from a 2007 racial profiling case.
Air Force general becomes first woman to lead combatant command
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air Force General Lori Robinson took charge of the U.S. military’s Northern Command on Friday, becoming the first woman to head a U.S. combatant command.
U.S. guidance on school restroom choice opposed by some states
(Reuters) – Transgender students cheered the Obama administration’s directive on Friday requiring U.S. public schools to allow them to use toilets and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity while some school districts said they would not co…
‘This is America’ air traveler says guilty of yanking Muslim’s scarf
(Reuters) – A North Carolina man admitted on Friday that he ripped off a Muslim woman’s head scarf during a flight to New Mexico last December after saying, “Take it off! This is America!”
After delay, calorie counts to hit U.S. restaurant menus in 2017
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. restaurant owners will have an extra five months to post the calorie counts of the food they sell under a new federal deadline of May 5, 2017.
