Wal-Mart sued for denying health insurance to gay worker’s wife
(Reuters) – A Wal-Mart Stores Inc employee sued the retailer on Tuesday, saying its prior policy of denying health insurance to the spouses of gay employees violated gender discrimination laws.
Passersby injured by debris from empty building collapse in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Passersby suffered injuries from falling debris on Tuesday when an empty building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, authorities said.
Planned Parenthood slams secret video as false portrayal of fetus tissue program
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood said on Tuesday a secretly recorded video that surfaced on the Internet falsely portrayed the reproductive health group’s participation in the sale of tissue and body parts from aborted fetuses.
Ex-Uber driver in Boston linked to cold-case sex crimes
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former driver for ride-sharing company Uber who has been accused of kidnapping and raping a female passenger in December has been charged with a series of other sexual assaults around Boston, authorities said on Tuesday.
North Dakota Native Americans hint at exiting state oil tax deal
NEW TOWN, N.D. (Reuters) – A leading official on a Native American reservation where roughly a third of North Dakota’s oil is extracted has voiced his strongest threat to date to walk away from a tax-sharing deal with the state, ratcheting up energy in…
Two teens killed, four hurt in head-on Washington state car crash
(Reuters) – Two teens were killed and four others injured when the sport utility vehicle they were riding in collided head-on with a minivan on a Washington state highway in a late-night crash likely triggered by alcohol, police said on Tuesday.
Family of New York chokehold victim renews calls to charge officer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The family of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold a year ago, renewed calls to criminally charge the police officer on Tuesday, a day after the family reached a $5.9 million settlem…
Suspect in Islamic State-inspired bomb plot held without bail in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Boston police captain’s son suspected of plotting to bomb a college cafeteria on behalf of Islamic State was ordered held without bail on Tuesday after prosecutors showed a video of him defending the militant group’s hostage execut…
Media to challenge judge’s sealing of Charleston church murder case
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The South Carolina Press Association is challenging a judge’s order sealing court documents concerning Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old man charged with murdering nine worshippers at a historic black church in Charleston last m…
Judge dismisses counts in Michael Brown family lawsuit: report
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed four counts in the wrongful-death lawsuit against Ferguson filed by the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot dead last August by a white police officer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch r…
