Retrial starts of Vanderbilt ex-football player charged with rape
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A Vanderbilt University ex-football player charged with raping an unconscious female student “violated every principle of human decency,” prosecutors said on Monday to open the retrial of a man released on bond after a mist…
California governor signs $15-an-hour minimum wage into law
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed into a law a bill raising California’s minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour by the year 2023, making the nation’s most-populous state the first to boost pay to that level for the working poo…
Tension endures a year after black man shot by South Carolina officer
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The South Carolina city where a white police officer shot dead an unarmed black man one year ago still simmers with racial tension as black residents say they continue to be harassed and humiliated by law enforcement….
Chicago to pay family of black man dragged by handcuffs
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The city of Chicago has agreed to pay the family of a black man who died after being dragged by handcuffs from a cell in a police lockup and down a hallway more than three years ago, an attorney for the family said on Monday.
Man escapes car dangling on Malibu cliff, only to be hit by bus
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man who nearly drove his sports utility vehicle over a cliff in the posh beach front community of Malibu managed to escape his dangling car unharmed, only to be hit by a passing bus as he stumbled away from the wreckage, polic…
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge in voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the method all 50 states use in drawing legislative districts by counting every resident and not just eligible voters, rejecting a conservative challenge that could have given more …
U.S. judge approves BP civil settlement with U.S. government over 2010 spill
HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. Judge Carl Barbier granted final approval on Monday to BP Plc’s civil settlement over its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill after it reached a deal in July 2015 to pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and fiv…
Despite race views, Princeton to keep President Wilson’s name
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Princeton University will keep former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s name on campus buildings despite student complaints about his segregationist beliefs, the Ivy League school said on Monday, while also announcing new diversity e…
Colombian in drug, uranium plots gets 12 years in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Colombian who pleaded guilty to U.S. narcotics charges stemming from a probe that began with him trying to help a paramilitary group get uranium for a “dirty bomb” to attack the U.S. embassy in Bogota was sentenced to 12 years in…
Boxing champ Broner surrenders to Ohio police on assault charges
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Boxing champion Adrien Broner surrendered to law enforcement in Cincinnati on Monday after a warrant for his arrest on two felony charges stemming from a bowling alley altercation was issued last month, the Hamilton County prosecutor’s office said.
