U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal over school graduation in church
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that a Wisconsin school district could not hold graduation ceremonies in a church auditorium because of concerns about the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on gove…
U.S. top court to hear appeal of conviction for online threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether a man convicted of making threatening statements to his estranged wife and others on social media should have avoided prosecution.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear mortgage loan officers’ pay case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh a dispute over whether mortgage loan officers are exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay regulations.
After oil, natural gas may be next on North American rails
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As politicians debate the dangers of a massive increase in oil carried by rail in North America, railroads and energy producers are considering the same for natural gas.
Six dead as fire rips through New Jersey home
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fire ripped through a home in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday killing six members of a family, officials said.
‘Deep Throat’ garage from U.S. Watergate scandal to be razed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the most historic U.S. journalism sites will vanish after a Virginia county board voted to demolish the building and parking garage central to the Watergate political scandal of the 1970s.
Biden to meet Central America leaders about child migrant wave
RANCHO MIRAGE Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will go to Guatemala on Friday to meet Central American leaders about the influx of unaccompanied minors illegally entering the United States, senior administration officials said on Sunday…
U.S. military appoints general to probe Bergdahl disappearance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military has appointed a two-star general to investigate the circumstances under which Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier recently freed after five years in Taliban captivity, disappeared in eastern Afghanistan in 2009, a U…
Connecticut hoarder killed by floor collapse: police
BOSTON (Reuters) – A 66-year-old Connecticut woman was found dead in the basement of her home after the first floor collapsed under the weight of a waist-deep pile of newspapers, bottles and other household detritus, local police said on Sunday.
California man run over by drunk daughter: police
(Reuters) – A California man who tried to prevent his adult daughter from driving drunk was struck by her car and killed, police said Sunday.
