Supreme Court upholds broad housing discrimination claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday embraced a broad interpretation of discrimination claims allowed under the landmark Fair Housing Act, a blow to lenders and insurers that face such lawsuits and had urged the court to curb…
Abercrombie settles U.S. immigration discrimination charge
(Reuters) – Abercrombie & Fitch Co agreed to special monitoring of its hiring practices and to pay more than $158,000 to settle a federal charge that it discriminated against a job candidate who was not a U.S. citizen by requiring her to present a green card.
U.S. intelligence chief: China top suspect in hack of U.S. agency: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ intelligence chief said on Thursday that China was the top suspect in a hack of a U.S. agency that compromised the personnel records of millions of Americans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Oregon man arrested after parents found dead in freezer
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – An Oregon man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of aggravated murder after police found two bodies, believed to be those of his parents, in a freezer in the home where the family lived, authorities said.
California wildfires force residents from homes in two towns
(Reuters) – Residents of two California towns were under mandatory evacuation orders on Thursday due to a burgeoning wind-swept wildfire while aircraft battling the massive blaze were grounded because of a drone craft in the area, officials said.
NYC businessman gets two-year sentence for spousal abuse, gun use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A wealthy New York City textile entrepreneur was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for assaulting his much younger ex-wife and carrying a handgun registered to a police officer friend.
Sky for fireworks, not drones, at Boston July 4 concert: police
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts State Police on Thursday said that no drones would be allowed at next week’s Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, which typically draws hundreds of thousands of spectators to the city’s Charles River waterf…
Judge blocks Kansas ban on second trimester abortion procedure
(Reuters) – A Kansas judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a law that would ban a common second trimester abortion procedure from taking effect next week, according to an attorney for an abortion rights group that challenged the law.
Actor Dustin Diamond sentenced to jail in stabbing case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Dustin Diamond, who played the nerdy Screech in the early 1990s U.S. television sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” was sentenced on Thursday to four months in jail for a Christmas night barroom stabbing in a Milwaukee suburb.
U.S. miners hurt by slow permitting process: industry group
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Slow and cumbersome approval processes for U.S. mining projects are hindering the country’s ability to compete and meet rising global demand for minerals from copper to gold, an industry study released on Thursday shows.
