Obama says transgender rule is important aid to schools: BuzzFeed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that his administration’s guidance on transgender issues is needed to help schools grapple with the sensitive topic and ensure that all children are treated fairly.
Rhode Island congregation owns oldest U.S. synagogue: judge
(Reuters) – The Rhode Island congregation that worships at the United States’ oldest synagogue owns that house of worship and its assets, a federal judge ruled on Monday, rejecting a New York synagogue’s claim to oversight.
Occupation of Massachusetts Catholic church to end after 12 years
BOSTON (Reuters) – The occupation of a Massachusetts Roman Catholic church to prevent its closure will end now that the Supreme Court has declined to hear the case brought by people who have held their ground for 12 years, the Friends of St. Frances Xa…
U.S. top court rejects Exxon appeal in groundwater contamination case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s appeal of a $236 million judgment against the oil company in a case brought by the state of New Hampshire over groundwater contamination linked to a gasoline additive….
U.S. to review South Carolina police dept. in black man’s shooting death
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to conduct a comprehensive review of the police department in a South Carolina city where a white officer shot dead an unarmed black man a year ago, the federal government said on M…
Four killed in Mississippi plane crash soon after takeoff
(Reuters) – Four people died when a small private plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Tupelo Regional Airport in northeastern Mississippi on Monday, officials said.
Zimmerman to try again to sell gun used to kill teenager Martin
(Reuters) – George Zimmerman, the Florida man who shot and killed the unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, will try again this week to sell the handgun he had used in the incident, after an earlier online auction was hijacked by fake buyers.
U.S. justices reject challenge to protest ban on Supreme Court plaza
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a law that hits the justices close to home: a ban on protests on the marble plaza in front of the courthouse where they hear cases and issue rulings.
U.S. top court rejects Philip Morris appeal of judgment in smoker’s death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Philip Morris USA’s challenge to a $25 million Oregon jury verdict in favor of a man whose wife died of a lung cancer-related brain tumor after smoking the company’s low-tar cigar…
Suspect in gang-related murder of nine-year-old Chicago boy arrested
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man wanted in connection with what authorities say was a gang-related retaliation killing of a 9-year-old Chicago boy was in jail in eastern Illinois on unrelated charges on Monday and authorities were discussing returning him to …
