Judge rules out immediate medical check in suit on Redstone’s mental competence
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California court on Monday rejected a request from the former girlfriend of Sumner Redstone for the 92-year-old chairman of Viacom Inc to undergo an immediate medical evaluation.
Too hard for Californians to get into public universities: report
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Insufficient funding and tighter admissions standards have made it too hard for California high school students to win admission to the state’s public university system, a new report says.
New York to propose banking rules to prevent illicit financing: source
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is preparing to impose new regulations on banks operating in the state to prevent money laundering and the financing of militant groups, a Cuomo administration official told Reuters on Monday.
Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting told he faces murder charge
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine in a shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs was told he faces first-degree murder charges during his first court appearance on Mo…
Relief agency to resettle Syrians in Texas despite threats from state
DALLAS (Reuters) – A relief agency said on Monday it plans to resettle Syrian refugees in Texas despite a threat from the state to cut funding to the nonprofit organization if it tries to do so.
Sixty years on, U.S. heroes of Montgomery bus boycott recalled
(Reuters) – While Rosa Parks became a symbol of the U.S. civil rights movement when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated Alabama bus, the 60th anniversary of her arrest is also highlighting lesser-known pioneers of the bus boycott she sparke…
Four men charged in shooting of Minnesota protesters
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Four men were charged on Monday in connection with the shooting of five protesters near the site of a demonstration outside a Minneapolis police station over the police killing of a black man earlier this month.
For sale: South Dakota ghost town for $250,000
(Reuters) – Just in time for holiday shopping, an entire South Dakota ghost town, complete with its own watering hole, is on sale for $250,000, a real estate agent said on Monday.
Relief agency seeks talks over Texas threat on resettling Syrians in state
DALLAS (Reuters) – A relief agency said on Monday it wants to hold talks with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to discuss a threat from the state to cut funding to the nonprofit organization if it tries to resettle Syrian refugees in the state.
Chicago man arrested for gun threat linked to black teen’s killing
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A 21-year-old Chicago man was arrested on Monday for threatening to kill 16 white male students or staff on the University of Chicago in retaliation for the shooting last year of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police offi…
