House passes bill to slow Syrian refugees despite Obama veto threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passed Republican-backed legislation on Thursday to suspend Obama’s program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year and t…
Arizona sisters testify they were beaten, imprisoned by parents
Tucson, Arizona (Reuters) – The oldest of three sisters who prosecutors said were held captive in Arizona by their mother and stepfather for two years testified on Thursday the siblings endured regular beatings and were terrified they would be killed i…
Minneapolis NAACP chief calls for release of videos in fatal police shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The head of the Minneapolis NAACP on Thursday joined protesters in demanding that authorities release videos of an altercation earlier this week in which a police officer shot an unarmed black man to death.
Georgia executes man for 1994 murder of woman he met at bar
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia on Thursday executed a 50-year-old man convicted of the 1994 murder of a woman he met at a bar, making him the 27th person put to death in the United States this year.
Lexington becomes second Kentucky city to approve minimum wage hike
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Reuters) – Officials in Lexington, Kentucky, voted on Thursday to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by the year 2018, becoming the second city in the southern state to pass a minimum wage law.
More than 500,000 people homeless in the United States: report
(Reuters) – More than 500,000 people – a quarter of them children – were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released on Thursday.
Court allows undocumented women to join Obama immigration appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed three undocumented immigrant women in Texas to join the Obama administration in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a program that would shield millions of immigrations from deportatio…
South Dakota man gets life in prison for death of NFL star’s son
(Reuters) – A South Dakota judge sentenced a Sioux Falls man to life in prison on Thursday for killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in 2013, the Argus-Leader newspaper reported.Joseph Patterson, 29, was convicted…
U.S. clears genetically modified salmon for human consumption
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators on Thursday cleared the way for a type of genetically engineered Atlantic salmon to be farmed for human consumption – the first such approval for an animal whose DNA has been scientifically modified.
Massachusetts to ban fantasy sports for people under 21
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts would prohibit people under the age of 21 from playing paid fantasy sports games under a proposed set of regulations for the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar industry laid out on Thursday by state Attorney General Maur…
