ACLU, others bid to reopen suit over Baltimore jail conditions
(Reuters) – The Baltimore jail remains filthy and dangerous to inmates despite a court settlement to improve conditions, the American Civil Liberties Union and others said on Tuesday in seeking to reopen a lawsuit against the state of Maryland.
North Carolina Senate overrides governor’s veto of marriage opt-out bill
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – A measure that would allow some public officials in North Carolina to opt out of performing gay marriages moved closer to becoming law on Monday, when lawmakers voted to override Republican Governor Pat McCrory’s veto of the bill.
Machete-waving man shot by police in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man waving a machete was shot by police in Boston on Tuesday and died of his injuries, police officials said.
Centenary Copa America tournament in U.S. in 2016 in doubt
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A 16-team soccer tournament to be played in the United States next year to celebrate 100 years of South America’s Copa America has been cast into doubt by the arrest of top FIFA officials on multi-million dollar bribery charges…
Homeland security chief reassigns top TSA official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he reassigned the acting administrator for the Transportation Security Administration after earlier ordering improved security at U.S. airports.
White House seeks to fight antibiotic overuse
(Reuters) – The U.S. government will hold a forum on Tuesday to help find ways to ensure the responsible use of antibiotics, whose overuse is creating drug-resistant “superbugs” that pose a serious risk to public health.
Nestle USA to remove artificial flavors, cut salt in some foods
(Reuters) – Nestle USA said on Tuesday it would remove artificial flavors and reduce salt by 10 percent in its frozen pizza and snack products by the end of this year.
Lightning kills teenager, injures two in West Virginia
(Reuters) – One West Virginia teenager was killed and two others injured by a lightning strike near a pond where they were fishing on Monday, officials said.
Native American student sues school district over right to wear feather
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Native American student took a California school district to court on Monday after his high school banned him from wearing an eagle feather on his graduation cap, a civil rights group said.
U.S. safety officials to testify to Congress on Amtrak crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Human error remains a strong focus of the inquiry into the Philadelphia Amtrak crash, but federal investigators are still digging for answers, aides said ahead of the first hearing in the U.S. Congress on last month’s deadly acci…
