Texas grants surviving spouse status in same-sex death certificate
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas has issued surviving spouse status to a man whose husband died earlier this year, a move that came after a federal judge ordered the state to do so, officials said on Friday.
Chicago police, ACLU reach deal on police ‘stop and frisk’ policy
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Police Department agreed on Friday to outside monitoring of “stop-and-frisk” searches by its officers following a report that found they checked a disproportionate number of blacks and made more stops than their peers in…
New York police probe if month-old baby thrown from fourth floor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A month-old baby was found dead after possibly being thrown out of a fourth-floor window in the New York borough of Queens, police said Friday morning.
Facing epidemic, Cincinnati hospitals test mothers, newborns for drugs
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Bubbly and athletic, Heather Padgett, raised in a loving family in the Cincinnati suburbs, would not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict.
Police in Buffalo suburb confirm NHL’s Kane being investigated
(Reuters) – Police in a Buffalo, New York, suburb said on Friday they were investigating an incident that occurred at the home of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane but would not confirm reports he was the subject of rape allegations.
U.S. tightens visa waiver program amid foreign fighters concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced tighter security measures on Thursday for visitors from the 38 countries in its visa waiver program, which include European nations that have seen hundreds of residents traveling to fight with militant…
George W. Bush still ready and willing to serve – for jury duty
DALLAS (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George W. Bush was willing, eager and ready to serve when he turned up for jury duty at a Dallas County court and set a good example for other potential jurors, a district judge said on Thursday.
Virginia police kill black man, officer wounded
(Reuters) – Police in Richmond, Virginia, are investigating the death of a black man who was killed in a shootout with a white officer, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Washington state man charged with hate crime after anti-gay slurs
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Suspect arrested in Louisiana officer’s killing: police
(Reuters) – A suspect was arrested on Thursday afternoon in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Shreveport, Louisiana, ending a 16-hour manhunt, police said.
