Rights group sues for details of U.S. counter terrorism effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A civil liberties group said on Friday it has sued the U.S. government for more information about a federal program that tries to enlist Americans in helping to identify and discourage violent extremism in their communities.
Michigan black lawmakers want Detroit school manager fired
(Reuters) – The Michigan legislative black caucus voted on Friday to ask Governor Rick Snyder to fire Darnell Earley, the controversial Detroit Public Schools’ emergency manager who had formerly presided over the city of Flint and its lead-contaminated…
Oregon occupation organizer Ammon Bundy, brother denied bail
Portland, Ore. (Reuters) – Ammon Bundy, organizer of the armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge, will remain in custody pending his trial on felony conspiracy charges, a U.S. District Court judge ruled on Friday.
UnitedHealth Medicare plan must cover U.S. sex reassignment surgery
(Reuters) – A U.S. government panel has ruled that a privately run Medicare plan must cover sex reassignment surgery for a Texas transgender woman, a decision her attorney said was the first of its kind.
Texas Supreme Court sides with cheerleaders on ‘Bible banners’
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Supreme Court on Friday sided with a group of school cheerleaders and their parents who are seeking to have a lower court give them the right to put religious messages and biblical quotes on banners at football games…
NY judge won’t consider bid to free upstate chimp Kiko
(Reuters) – A New York judge on Friday blocked an animal rights group from pursuing a new lawsuit in Manhattan to free the chimpanzee Kiko from a Niagara Falls sanctuary, despite support from world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall.
More U.S. missile defense improvements to be tested this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Friday it would test additional improvements to its ground-based U.S. missile defense system later this year during a first test of the system’s ability to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICB…
Missouri professor who called for ‘muscle’ spared jail for assault
(Reuters) – A University of Missouri professor who called for “some muscle” to get a student journalist to back off during campus protests in November, was spared potential jail time for assault in a deal hashed out with prosecutors, authorities said o…
Virginia lawmakers reach bipartisan deal on gun issues
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal on Friday that would rescind the attorney general’s decision to stop honoring permits for concealed weapons issued by 25 states in exchange for concessions from Republican supporters of gun ownership rights.
Slain Oregon occupier’s family say seems his killing unjustified
(Reuters) – The family of an anti-government protester who was killed by law enforcement agents near an occupied U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon said on Friday it seems his death was unjustified and that he was shot in the back while posing no threat.
