With new law, U.S. takes on slavery by banning forced labor imports
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – President Barack Obama signed a bill on Wednesday barring the import of goods produced by forced labor from entering the United States, throwing the weight of the U.S. market into the fight against global slavery…
Justice Department, Silicon Valley discuss online extremism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department convened a meeting with social media companies and other groups on Wednesday to discuss ways to counter the use of cyberspace by militant extremist groups like Islamic State and support strategic count…
U.S. court allows Louisiana abortion restrictions to go into effect
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday allowed Louisiana to enforce a restrictive 2014 abortion law critics say is aimed at shutting clinics, ending a halt to the measure handed out by a lower court judge earlier this year.
Brazil slave labor victims seek justice at Americas’ top rights court
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights groups representing scores of Brazilian workers who they say were trafficked into slavery during the 1990s said they expected the top Americas human rights court to rule in their favor in the first case of t…
Yemeni suspect in 9/11 attacks cites Guantanamo torment with noises
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A Yemeni man accused in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks testified on Wednesday that Guantanamo Bay guards have used noises and vibrations to torment him for years, but a prosecutor questioned his mental state.
U.S. polygamous church leaders plead not guilty to food stamp fraud
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Two leaders of a Utah-based polygamous faith on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges that they and other church members committed food stamp fraud and money laundering.
Man charged with Mississippi teen’s 2014 burning death
BATESVILLE, Miss. (Reuters) – A man has been indicted for murder in the burning death of a 19-year-old woman, a prosecutor said on Wednesday, more than a year after the crime rattled a small Mississippi town.
U.S. aviation regulator starts rule-making process for public drone flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it would develop drone regulations allowing some unmanned aerial vehicles to fly over public areas, an authorization eagerly sought by a range of industries including real est…
Flint, amid water crisis, to be added to Consumer Price Index survey
DETROIT (Reuters) – Flint, the Michigan city known for the high lead levels in its drinking water, will also soon begin playing a regular role in how the federal government measures inflation.
Snowstorm in U.S. Midwest downs power lines, closes highways, grounds flights
(Reuters) – A major wind and snow storm downed power lines, closed highways and grounded hundreds of flights over a wide swath of the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday.
