Gays can’t use U.S. Catholic family meet to attack Church, bishop says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Homosexuals can attend a Catholic family congress in Philadelphia during Pope Francis’ U.S. visit this year but won’t be allowed to use it to attack Church teachings, the city’s archbishop said on Thursday.
Man charged in Colorado NAACP bombing to change not guilty plea: documents
DENVER (Reuters) – A man accused of bombing a building that houses the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors and will change his not guilty plea, court documents showed on Thursday.
Actor Dustin Diamond sentenced to jail, probation 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 on two misdemeanor convictions stemming from a Christmas night bar fight …
Mayor faces complexities of poverty, crime in reviving N.J.’s largest city
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – A handful of streets in New Jersey’s largest city boast glistening apartment towers with floor-to-ceiling views of the Manhattan skyline, but much of the rest of Newark bears the scars of stubbornly high crime rates and persist…
New York’s MTA sued over ‘Muslims Are Coming!’ film ad ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority was sued on Thursday by a studio objecting to the agency’s decision to reject six subway advertisements promoting its film “The Muslims are Coming!”
U.S. judge dismisses suit seeking blame in troubled Oklahoma execution
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of an Oklahoma death row inmate who died in a flawed execution in a procedure that his lawyers said violated the prisoner’s constitutional rights.
U.S. lawsuit claims companies illegally refused to hire ex-cons
(Reuters) – Dozens of companies that use popular recruiting websites violated a New York City law by refusing to hire anyone with a felony record, impacting mostly black people, according to a new lawsuit.
Second New York prison worker charged in breakout: police
CADYVILLE, N.Y. (Reuters) – A second New York prison employee was arrested on Wednesday for the escape of two convicted murderers who have eluded a massive police manhunt for almost three weeks, police said.
Subaru recalls 72,000 vehicles in U.S. for possible auto brake failure
DETROIT (Reuters) – Subaru is recalling 72,000 newer-model vehicles in the United States because the automatic pre-collision braking part of the driver-assist system could fail, increasing the risk of a crash, according to documents posted online by U….
Norwegian Air to grow U.S. flights with Caribbean service
(Reuters) – Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA on Thursday announced flights between the United States and two islands in the French Caribbean, hinting that more routes and heightened competition with U.S. carriers are to come.
