Homeland Security chief warns parents on child immigration surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned Central American parents against sending their children to the United States illegally, part of a White House effort to stem a flood of children crossing the border.
New Jersey town without police force to put armed guards in school
(Reuters) – A New Jersey school district has voted to place armed guards in a local high school for students’ security in a rural town that does not have a police force, the superintendent said Monday.
Nepali police hold two men, seek others suspected of raping U.S. woman
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Police in Nepal said on Monday they had detained two men and were searching for two others suspected of raping an American woman in a hotel in Kathmandu.
U.S. top court declines to revive New Jersey sports betting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Jersey’s attempt to introduce licensed sports betting has failed, with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday leaving intact a lower court ruling that said a federal law did not allow it.
U.S. top court rejects Wisconsin abortion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in the legal fight over a new Wisconsin law that requires any doctor performing an abortion to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital.
Obama’s parenting advice: give kids lots of love and a few rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama, dad to two teenage girls, has some simple advice for raising kids.
Mideast scholar Fouad Ajami dead at 68
(Reuters) – Fouad Ajami, a prolific writer who became one of the world’s most prominent Middle East historians, died on Sunday aged 68, Stanford University said.
Exclusive: CDC reassigns director of lab behind anthrax blunder
ATLANTA/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab behind the potential anthrax exposure of dozens of scientists and staff, sources told Reuters, as the anthrax controversy i…
Louisiana’s Poverty Point earthworks named a UNESCO world heritage site
(Reuters) – UNESCO on Sunday designated the ancient monumental earthworks of Poverty Point, Louisiana, as a world heritage site, making it the 22nd such U.S. site alongside such landmarks as the Grand Canyon and Statue of Liberty, officials said.
Mayors call on Congress to tackle illegal immigration
DALLAS (Reuters) – U.S. mayors on Sunday called for Congress to draw up bipartisan legislation to address a surge of illegal immigrants into the United States and asked for help to ease the resulting financial burden on local governments.
