Chicago police not doing enough to fight racial bias -task force
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Police Department is not doing enough to combat racial bias among officers or to protect the human and civil rights of city residents, a task force set up by the mayor said in a report on Wednesday.
Chicago police arrest two Black Lives Matter protesters
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Police arrested two people during a Black Lives Matter protest over the shooting death on Monday night of a black teenager by officers in Chicago, police officials and activists said on Wednesday.
Journalist sentenced to two years for aiding computer hackers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced journalist Matthew Keys to two years in prison for helping members of the Anonymous hacking collective gain access to a former employer’s computers, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Justice said …
Obama names cyber experts from business, academia to new panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executive of MasterCard Inc, the former head of the National Security Agency and officials from Microsoft and Uber will join a commission to strengthen U.S. cyber defenses, the White House said on Wednesday.
Louisiana governor signs order protecting LGBT rights
(Reuters) – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed an anti-discrimination order on Wednesday protecting the rights of gay and transgender people, aligning his state on the liberal side of a political divide playing out across the U.S. South.
Critics slam proposed South Carolina transgender bathroom bill
(Reuters) – A South Carolina bill to require transgender people to use public restrooms matching their sex at birth was slammed by critics on Wednesday, and former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr said he would cancel a performance in North Carolina where a…
Man said to be Liberian rebel leader arrested in Pennsylvania
(Reuters) – A Liberian national, living near Philadelphia since the late 1990s, has been charged with gaining U.S. asylum by lying about his role as the rebel commander “Jungle Jabbah” who allegedly committed civil war atrocities including murder and c…
Hikers rescued after four days stranded on Alaskan ice field
(Alaska Air National Guard corrects name of site of rescue to Harding Icefield, instead of Bear Glacier)
Ohio woman charged for streaming rape on Internet
(Reuters) – An Ohio woman was charged with live-streaming the rape of a minor over the Internet, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Kentucky governor OKs removing clerks’ names from marriage licenses
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – Kentucky’s governor on Wednesday signed into law a bill that removes county clerks’ names from the state marriage license forms at the center of a controversy involving an official jailed last year for refusing to issue licenses …
