Alabama speaker convicted of ethics charges, removed from office
(Reuters) – Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, a powerful figure in state politics, was found guilty on Friday of using his elected office, along with his former post as chair of the state Republican Party, for personal gain, local media reported.
College dorms a new front in U.S. battle over transgender rights
BOSTON (Reuters) – As lawmakers across the United States battle over whether to allow transgender Americans to use public restrooms that match their gender identities, universities are scrambling to ensure that dorms meet federal standards.
California governor signs bill letting undocumented immigrants buy insurance
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law allowing unauthorized immigrants to buy health insurance on a state exchange created under the U.S. Affordable Care Act, making the state the first in the country to offer that kind of …
Organizers of Burning Man festival pony up for ranch in Nevada
(Reuters) – Organizers of Burning Man, an annual counter-culture festival that climaxes with the burning of a wooden effigy in the Nevada desert, has bought a ranch in the southwestern state to run year round art and self expression activities, the gro…
Muhammad Ali feted by the famous and fans in final farewell
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Muhammad Ali was extolled on Friday as a boxer of incomparable grace, a magnetic entertainer and a man of conviction who gave a voice to the oppressed, as a two-day celebration of “The Greatest” came to a rousing end in his …
Dallas police shoot man who charged officer at airport
DALLAS (Reuters) – A policeman shot a man with rocks in his hands who charged the officer after vandalizing a woman’s car outside the Love Field airport in Dallas on Friday, prompting a temporary shutdown of parts of the facility, police said.
Appeals court ruling will let some Kansas voters register, for now
(Reuters) – Thousands of Kansas residents who signed up to vote at motor vehicle offices but were kept off the rolls by a state law requiring proof of citizenship could be allowed to cast ballots in the November general election, under a ruling on Frid…
Man charged with murder over Michigan car crash into cyclists
(Reuters) – A 50-year-old man was charged with murder on Thursday in connection with a fatal car crash in Michigan that left five cyclists dead and four more injured, prosecutors said.
Arizona man receives life sentence for deadly 2015 shooting spree
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An ex-convict suspected of having ties to white supremacists was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for killing one man and wounding five other people in a 2015 Phoenix-area shooting spree.
U.S. Army reserve major threatened North Carolina mosque: police, media
(Reuters) – A North Carolina man faces ethnic intimidation charges after leaving bacon at a mosque and making death threats to its members as they prepared for worship in observance of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month, authorities said on Friday.
