Jeb Bush to visit Charleston next week to meet with pastors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jeb Bush, a Republican contender for president, will sit down with pastors on a visit on Monday to Charleston, South Carolina, where nine African-Americans were shot to death at a historic black church, his campaign said on Frida…
Grandmother gets probation for role in San Diego drug tunnel
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A 74-year-old grandmother who rented a warehouse on the U.S. border with Mexico that served as the northern end of a tunnel used to smuggle drugs was sentenced to five years of probation on Friday by a federal judge in San Diego.
Obama delivers ‘Amazing Grace’ at funeral of slain pastor
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – An impassioned President Barack Obama led thousands of mourners in singing “Amazing Grace” on Friday at the funeral of a slain pastor in Charleston and urged Americans to eliminate symbols of oppression and racism, includin…
Judge temporarily blocks Tennessee surgical center abortion law
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Tennessee law from taking effect next week that would require abortion clinics to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers, a step which abortion rights supporters had said would force two f…
New York prison escapee believed killed in shootout, accomplice flees
MALONE, N.Y. (Reuters) – Law enforcement officers shot and killed a man who is believed to be one of two prisoners who broke out of a maximum security prison in New York three weeks ago and the second escapee is still at large near the Canadian border,…
Connecticut court upholds $1 million award in priest sex abuse case
MILFORD, Conn (Reuters) – The Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday upheld a $1 million jury award to a man who said he was sexually abused by a priest in the Archdiocese of Hartford.
Ex-college band members get probation in Florida hazing death
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Three former members of the Florida A&M University marching band were sentenced on Friday to 10 years of supervised probation for the 2011 beating death of a drum major during a brutal hazing ritual.
Supreme Court’s landmark ruling legalizes gay marriage nationwide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement.
National Cathedral may remove windows with Confederate images
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The dean of Washington’s National Cathedral has called for removing two stained glass windows depicting the Confederate battle flag, saying it is a painful reminder to many African-Americans of the country’s legacy of slavery.
Challenge to U.S. warrantless surveillance on tap after guilty plea
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in New York is expected to consider a rare challenge to the government’s controversial warrantless wiretapping program, after an Albanian man on Friday pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to U.S. terrorism charges of ai…
