Top Dallas official bets political future by opening arms to immigrants
DALLAS (Reuters) – Images of protesters trying to stop buses loaded with illegal immigrants may dominate the news, but in the heart of Texas, one county judge is taking on friends and foes by trying to find shelter for child migrants flooding across th…
Landlords say San Francisco anti-eviction law unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A San Francisco law requiring landlords to pay large sums of money to tenants before removing a property from the rental market was challenged in federal court on Thursday amid rising tensions between renters and landlords in …
Judge doubts Florida election maps can be fixed by November
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – A judge who ruled Florida’s new congressional districts were unconstitutional earlier this month expressed doubt Thursday that he can postpone next month’s primary election for a quick fix of the political boundaries.
Mother, daughter die of burns from Philadelphia food truck blast
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A mother and daughter have died from burns they suffered when a propane tank exploded in the family’s food truck in Philadelphia earlier this month, authorities said on Thursday.
100 years on, World War One resonates at Kansas City museum
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – As far as Joan Barkley Wells is concerned, there isn’t much reason for calling World War One a forgotten war.
Kennedy cousin tries to stop tapes being played in murder retrial
STAMFORD Conn. (Reuters) – Michael Skakel, a Kennedy cousin awaiting retrial after serving 11 years in prison for the murder of a teenage girl in Connecticut, wants to stop incriminating audiotapes from being used again as evidence, according to court …
Excommunicated Mormon feminist appeals ejection from faith
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Mormon feminist excommunicated from her religion after advocating for the ordination of women has appealed the ejection in a letter to the same panel of male church leaders who decided to oust her from the largely patriarch…
New arrest videos add to scrutiny of N.Y. police use of choke holds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Relatives of Eric Garner, who died soon after New York police put him in a choke hold, will ask federal prosecutors this week for an investigation as new videos emerged of a second recent case of police apparently using the banned …
Too few U.S. youth getting vaccine for sexually transmitted virus: CDC
ATLANTA (Reuters) – More U.S. adolescents are receiving vaccines against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical and other types of cancer but vaccination rates for the infection remain too low, federal health officials said on Thursday.
Minnesota man asked to leave Southwest flight after critical tweet
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