Duke University professor stands by racially charged comments
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A Duke University professor under fire for online comments comparing African-Americans to Asians stood by his statement on Monday and said more honest debate is needed to achieve full racial integration in the United Sta…
S.C. high court weighs if gambler can sue to recoup lost money
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina woman suing to recoup the fortune she lost gambling on video poker in a state where it is illegal will take her case to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Texas grand jury does not indict policeman for fatal shooting of Mexican
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas grand jury declined on Monday to charge a suburban Dallas police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Mexican national in another case that has raised questions about racial bias by U.S. police.
U.S. to question Islamic State leader’s wife on hostages, officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The captured wife of a senior Islamic State leader who was killed in a weekend raid will face questions over what she and her husband knew about the group’s treatment of hostages, including Americans, U.S. officials said.
U.S. loses meat labeling case; trade war looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico are readying trade sanctions against the United States after they won a meat labeling dispute on Monday, increasing pressure on the U.S. Congress to scrap the laws.
U.S. top court backs police over arrest of mentally ill woman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that two San Francisco police officers cannot be sued over their use of force when arresting a knife-wielding woman with a history of mental illness in a confrontation in which she was shot …
Massachusetts court paves way for reviews of tainted drugs cases
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top court on Monday paved the way for potentially thousands of people convicted of drugs crimes to be re-tried because their cases involved evidence from a rogue crime lab scientist.
U.S. top court hands win to Florida felon over gun ownership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that convicted felons may be able to transfer their guns to someone else rather than surrendering them to authorities, siding with a former U.S. Border Patrol agent from Florida convicted on…
Rock climber Dean Potter dies attempting parachute jump in Yosemite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Extreme rock climber Dean Potter was one of two men who died over the weekend while attempting to jump from a 3,000 foot high promontory in Yosemite National Park, according to the New York Times.
Funerals set for three victims of Philadelphia train derailment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Funeral services were set for Monday for three victims of the deadly Philadelphia train derailment last week, as Amtrak commuter service resumed on the busy Northeast Corridor.
