Obama orders government contractors to offer paid sick leave
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday ordered government contractors to offer their workers seven days of paid sick leave a year and, without naming them, knocked Republican presidential candidates for advocating what he said w…
Funeral of Illinois police officer draws hundreds of mourners
ANTIOCH, Ill. (Reuters) – Hundreds of mourners gathered in Illinois on Monday for the funeral of police officer Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, who was shot last week while pursuing three suspects who are still on the loose.
Jailed Kentucky clerk seeks emergency injunction in gay marriage case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Lawyers for jailed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis said on Monday they had asked an appellate court to force Governor Steve Beshear to let her refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses based on her religious convictions.
‘Glaring errors’ led court to annul Knox murder conviction
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s top court threw out a conviction of American Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British flatmate because of “glaring errors” in the case against her, a document showed on Monday.
Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwe lion to return to work Tuesday: report
(Reuters) – The Minnesota dentist whose killing of Zimbabwean lion Cecil sparked global outcry from animal lovers has maintained that the hunt was legal and says he plans to work on Tuesday, U.S. media reported.
Obama: world economy is volatile right now, U.S. is bright spot
BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the world economy was volatile at the moment and the U.S. economy was a bright spot in the mix.
Man shot in head before Brooklyn parade is reportedly Gov. Cuomo aide
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man reportedly identified as an aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was shot in the head and critically injured after gunfire erupted in the pre-dawn hours on Monday before the West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn, police said.
Las Vegas police officer shot in hand in ambush attack
(Reuters) – A Las Vegas police officer was shot in the hand while sitting in his patrol car with a partner on Sunday after being ambushed by a man with a handgun, police said.
New York City correctional officers plead not guilty to assaulting teen inmate
((This September 4 story was corrected to say, in seventh paragraph, that neither officer has been suspended after official incorrectly said both officers were in the process of being suspended)
Two high school football players investigated for hit on referee
(Reuters) – Two San Antonio, Texas high school football players are under investigation after they smashed into a referee during a game, according to local media.
