Juneau Mayor Greg Fisk found dead at Alaska home: police
(Reuters) – Greg Fisk, the mayor of Juneau, Alaska, has been found dead at a home in the city, police said on Monday.
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.
