South Carolina Senate votes to banish Confederate flag to museum
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina’s Senate passed legislation Tuesday to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol’s grounds, where it has flown for five decades despite being viewed by many as a symbol of slavery.
Man charged with slashing fire hose during Baltimore riot arraigned
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore man allegedly filmed slashing a fire hose at a burning pharmacy during April rioting over the death of Freddie Gray was arraigned on Tuesday.
FBI seized child porn website with 215,000 users: court filing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Federal Bureau of Investigation search warrant has provided a rare glimpse into the increasingly complex efforts of U.S. law enforcement to combat child pornography online, leading to the seizure this year of a website with nearl…
U.S. court upholds federal contractor campaign finance ban
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to a long-standing ban on U.S. government contractors making campaign contributions in federal elections, emphasizing that the policy was put in place to prevent corruption.
All NY colleges to adopt ‘yes means yes’ sex assault policy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Legislation requiring universities in New York state to adopt a uniform affirmative sexual consent policy was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.
Recovery efforts resume in Washington state ice cave collapse
(Reuters) – Rescue workers were preparing on Tuesday to recover the body of a woman killed in the partial collapse of an ice cave in Washington state that also injured five others, but the cavern was too dangerous to enter, an official said.
U.S. heroin use jumps as costs drop, prescription opiate use rises
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013, fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription opiate painkillers, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
Suspect in Charleston church shooting indicted on nine murder counts
(Reuters) – Dylann Roof, the suspect in last month’s massacre at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been indicted by a grand jury on nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, the prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Clinton says Puerto Rico should have access to U.S. bankruptcy laws
IOWA CITY, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Puerto Rico’s public entities should be able to use U.S. bankruptcy laws to restructure some $72 billion in debt.
Some Baton Rouge businesses evacuated after pipeline leak: report
(Reuters) – A hazardous materials leak in South Choctaw, Baton Rouge in Louisiana led to evacuations of businesses in the area on Tuesday morning, according to a report on the KPLC TV news website.
