NYC’s Co-op City eases rules for disabled residents to own dogs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Co-op City, the largest affordable housing cooperative in the United States, will loosen its policy against owning pets to accommodate disabled residents who require service dogs or other animals, under a federal consent decree ann…
Zara ex-lawyer sues claiming he was fired for being gay, Jewish
(Reuters) – A former attorney for Spanish fashion chain Zara filed a $40 million lawsuit on Wednesday claiming he was harassed and ultimately fired for being Jewish, American and gay.
CVS required workers to racially profile shoppers, lawsuit claims
(Reuters) – Managers at CVS Pharmacy Inc stores in New York City required loss prevention staff to racially profile shoppers and subjected minority employees to racist slurs, a lawsuit against the Rhode Island-based company claimed.
Two killed, 30 injured in Texas bus crash
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Two people were killed and 30 others injured on Wednesday when a passenger bus crashed into a tractor trailer along a highway west of Houston, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
Slain Boston man had planned to behead police officers: FBI
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man slain by law enforcement officers on Tuesday had discussed plans to behead police officers with an associate arrested the same day, according to papers filed in Boston federal court on Wednesday.
New York police seek subway attacker in possible hate crime
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police hate-crime task force is hunting for a man suspected of pushing a transgender woman onto subway tracks in the city’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, authorities said on Wednesday.
New York City defends plan to have only Nissan taxis
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – The New York City agency that regulates taxis had no right to tell taxi medallion owners they had to purchase a specially designed vehicle made by Nissan Motor Co, a lawyer for an industry trade group told the state’s top court…
Group sues to compel U.S. to evacuate Americans from Yemen
DETROIT (Reuters) – Lawyers representing a group of Yemeni Americans on Wednesday sought to have a federal judge force the government to order emergency evacuations of 37 American citizens stranded in Yemen since a deadly conflict broke out in March.
NYC police union head faces election challenges as voting deadline nears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police officers are voting this week on whether to extend the 16-year reign of Patrick Lynch as their union leader or heed critics who have said his confrontational style is out of sync with the prevailing climate in …
Sheriff concludes probe of Cleveland police shooting of 12-year-old
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An investigation into the police shooting death of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy has been completed and transferred to the county prosecutor, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department said on Wednesday, without revealing any conclusi…
