Muslim student arrested over clock withdraws from Texas school: newspaper
(Reuters) – A teenage Muslim student who was arrested last week after high school staff said they mistook his homemade clock for a bomb withdrew from the school district on Monday, the Dallas Morning News reported.
U.S. commander in Afghanistan denies child sex abuse was tolerated
KABUL (Reuters) – The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Tuesday denied there was ever a policy for forces to ignore Afghan officials’ sexual abuse of minors, days after a newspaper reported troops were told to look the other way to preserve relation…
Kentucky clerk Davis rejects marriage licenses as invalid: ABC
(Reuters) – The county clerk from Kentucky who went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to gay couples said the licenses being granted by her staff are invalid, according to an interview that aired on Tuesday.
Exclusive: In clash with pope’s climate call, U.S. Church leases drilling rights
BOSTON (Reuters) – Casting the fight against climate change as an urgent moral duty, Pope Francis in June urged the world to phase out highly-polluting fossil fuels.
Black men shot by white patrolman in Washington state face assault charges
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two unarmed black men shot by a white police officer pursuing them over a reported theft attempt in Washington state in May, leaving one paralyzed, are to be arraigned on Tuesday on felony assault charges, a local prosecutor said.
Kentucky clerk still in contempt of gay marriage order: plaintiffs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A county clerk from Kentucky who went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to gay couples made material changes to the forms upon her return and is not in compliance with a federal court order, lawyers for couples sui…
American Muslims fear a new wave of Islamophobia
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) – Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the Republican Party’s most popular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
Malaysia PM involved in U.S. corruption inquiry: New York Times
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A U.S. federal grand jury is examining allegations of corruption involving Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and individuals close to him, the New York Times reported on Monday, quoting anonymous sources.
Former peanut company CEO sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak
ALBANY, Ga. (Reuters) – The former owner of a peanut company in Georgia was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Monday for his role in a salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, a rare instance of jail time in a food contaminat…
Alaska residents to each get $2,072 from oil fund payout
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A majority of Alaska residents will receive $2,072 from the state’s oil wealth investment fund earnings, an annual payout set against the backdrop of a $3.5 billion to $4 billion budget deficit driven by low crude prices the …
