Supreme Court temporarily blocks Louisiana abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court, two days after hearing a major abortion case from Texas, on Friday temporarily blocked a Louisiana law imposing regulations on doctors who perform abortions in a move that would allow two recently closed clinic…
FanDuel agrees to stop paid operations in Texas on May 2: state
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Texas reached a deal with fantasy sports firm FanDuel by which it will halt paid operations on May 2, the state’s top prosecutor said on Friday, two months after saying such online operations are illegal gambling.
Sikh captain wins order blocking U.S. Army from excessive testing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Sikh Army captain has been granted a restraining order barring senior Army officials from forcing him to undergo $32,000 in testing before deciding whether he can wear a beard, uncut hair and turban as required by his religious…
Mississippi River reopens near St. Louis after fuel spill
(Reuters) – The Mississippi River reopened to shipping traffic near Granite City, Illinois, on Friday as the cleanup from a fuel spill on Thursday at Lock and Dam 27 was completed, officials said.
South Carolina teenager charged with copying nude photos of teacher
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A 16-year-old South Carolina high school student was arrested on Friday on charges that he had distributed nude photos of a teacher that he copied surreptitiously from her cellphone, authorities said.
New York man’s award for wrongful rape conviction cut to $12 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday reduced to $12 million from $18 million the maximum that New York City must pay a man who spent more than two decades in prison before being cleared of a rape he did not commit.
Harvard Law panel seeks to scrap official seal tied to slave owners
(Reuters) – A Harvard Law School committee on Friday recommended scrapping its official seal because it features the crest of a slave-owning family that helped endow the oldest U.S. university, saying it is an offensive symbol of a racist past.
Questions remain after Bobbi Kristina Brown’s cause of death revealed
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Bobbi Kristina Brown’s autopsy shows evidence of recent cocaine use by the daughter of Whitney Houston before she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home last year, but a medical examiner’s office said on Friday it could not…
Noted tennis journalist Bud Collins dies aged 86
(Reuters) – Hall of Fame tennis writer and TV commentator Bud Collins, who helped popularize the sport during his decades-long career, died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts on Friday after a long illness. He was 86.
Ferguson, Missouri, close to choosing new police chief
(Reuters) – Ferguson, Missouri, the site of violent protests after a white officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in 2014, said on Friday it had narrowed its search for a new police chief to four candidates and would name its choice in April…
