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…
California school recalls yearbook that calls Muslim girl ‘Isis’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California high school has asked students to return nearly 300 yearbooks that wrongly identified a Muslim teenager wearing a traditional headscarf as “Isis,” officials said on Monday.
Three Delaware teenagers charged in fatal school beating of classmate
(Reuters) – Three high school girls in Delaware are facing criminal charges over the fatal beating of a classmate inside a school bathroom last month, authorities said on Monday.
California to lift severe mandatory water conservation rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California on Monday prepared to lift severe mandatory water conservation orders imposed at the height of the state’s multi-year drought, after a wet winter led to swelling reservoirs and a deep snowpack in numerous parts…
Arkansas judge accused of trading sentence reductions for sex resigns
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge accused by a state panel of trading sentence reductions for sex with young defendants has resigned, legal documents released on Monday showed.
Ex-FBI agent admits lying during ‘Whitey’ Bulger trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former FBI agent admitted on Monday that he lied on the witness stand during the 2013 trial of former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, officials said.
