Large tornado hits south of Oklahoma City, two dead
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A large and violent tornado hit an area south of Oklahoma City on Monday, causing at least two deaths and reducing at least three homes to splinters, authorities said.
U.S. government and North Carolina escalate legal fight over transgender law
WASHINGTON/WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A fight between the Obama administration and North Carolina over a state law limiting public bathroom access for transgender people escalated on Monday as both sides sued each other, trading accusations of civ…
Bison officially designated as national mammal of U.S.
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – North America’s bison, a living emblem of the Western frontier that roamed the continent by the millions before being hunted to near extinction in the late 1800s, was officially designated on Monday as the national mammal of t…
Lawsuit accuses Flint mayor of trying to redirect water crisis donors to campaign fund
(Reuters) – A former administrator in Flint, Michigan, charged in a federal lawsuit on Monday that she was fired for seeking a probe into allegations the mayor tried to redirect donations to her personal campaign fund from a charity meant to help famil…
New lawsuit alleges paid informants, pricey escort at Redstone mansion
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Even as a Los Angeles judge dismissed one case brought by a former girlfriend of media mogul Sumner Redstone, she filed a new lawsuit that threatens to keep salacious allegations about the 92-year-old’s lifestyle alive.
California Assembly passes gender-neutral restroom bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A bill requiring all single-occupancy public restrooms to be open to anyone regardless of gender or gender identity passed the California Assembly on Monday, and will proceed to the state Senate.
Ex-Minnesota college professor fined $500,000 for smuggling ivory
(Reuters) – A former Minnesota philosophy professor was fined $500,000 on Monday for smuggling elephant ivory and illegally exporting rhinoceros horns from the United States to China, prosecutors said.
Major New York landlord accused of forcing out tenants to convert units
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A major New York City landlord was accused on Monday of using harassment, intimidation and fraud to force rent-regulated tenants out of his buildings in order to convert their apartments to more profitable market-rate units.
Ferguson, Missouri police to stress safety, not fines: new chief
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Ferguson, Missouri, the site of violent protests after a white officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in 2014, on Monday swore in an African American police chief who said his focus is on making the community safer,…
Florida man sentenced for threats against mosques
(Reuters) – A Florida man was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for threatening to bomb two mosques and shoot their congregants, a federal hate crime, shortly after November’s deadly attacks in Paris, U.S. Justice Department officials said on…
