‘No pizza for gay weddings’ triggers one-sided LGBT fundraising battle
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Jason Nguyen saw that a crowdfunding campaign for a pizza restaurant in Indiana that refused to provide pizzas for same-sex weddings had raised more than $800,000 in less than a week, he decided to launch hi…
Rand Paul up, Clinton down in 2016 presidential poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton has slipped against leading 2016 Republican candidates in Colorado, Iowa and Virginia, according to a poll released on Thursday that cited damage from the furor over the former secretary of state’s emails…
Most Americans side with gays in religious freedom disputes: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Americans believe businesses should not be allowed to refuse services based on their religious beliefs in the wake of controversies in Indiana and Arkansas over gay rights and religious freedom, a Reuters/Ipsos poll…
U.S. regulator warns of rust on brakes in cold-weather states
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators on Thursday warned millions of owners of older model vehicles in “Rust Belt” states to get their brake systems checked for corrosion, a warning that stems from a long-running investigation of complaints about …
Surge in voter turnout gives blacks new voice in Ferguson, Missouri
(Reuters) – A surge in voter turnout helped elect two new black city council members in Ferguson, a Missouri city found by the U.S. Justice Department to be rife with racial abuses in its police and court systems.
Texas to execute man who killed two in convenience store robbery
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man who fatally shot a man at a convenience store as part of a 2002 robbery and a police officer responding to the crime is set to be executed on Thursday by lethal injection.
Tsarnaev convicted in Boston bombing, may face death sentence
BOSTON (Reuters) – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on Wednesday of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured 264 others, and the jury will now decide whether to sentence him to death.
Family of mentally ill Florida man releases videos of police shooting
MIAMI (Reuters) – New videos showing a mentally ill Florida man being shot dead by police call into question a Miami area department’s explanation of the shooting, said attorneys for the victim’s family who released the footage on Wednesday.
U.S. Secret Service suspends supervisor accused of sex assault: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service has put a senior supervisor on leave and suspended his security clearance after a female employee accused him of assaulting her after work at the agency’s headquarters last week, the Washington Post said o…
Baltimore police used secret cell phone surveillance tech: newspaper
(Reuters) – Baltimore police used secret cell phone surveillance technology more than 4,000 times in recent years under directions from the FBI not to tell courts about its use, an officer testified on Wednesday according to media reports.
