Some U.S. states, Pentagon clash over ID cards for same-sex spouses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several Republican-led U.S. states on Friday rejected Pentagon demands that their state militias issue identity cards to same-sex spouses and accused the Obama administration of using the military as a pawn in its bid to force so…
California coaches, teacher suspended for donning blackface at costume party
(Reuters) – Two California high school football coaches and a teacher were suspended this week for wearing Halloween costumes that featured blackface, prompting criticism from parents and a leading civil rights organization after pictures of the event …
University of Connecticut is sued over handling of sexual assaults
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four female students filed a lawsuit against the University of Connecticut on Friday over the school’s handling of sexual assault complaints, a week after filing a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education.
Hallmark Cards regrets taking word ‘gay’ off ornament
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Hallmark Cards has apologized for changing a word in a well-known Christmas carol from “gay” to “fun” on a holiday ornament.
U.S. judge tosses lawsuit seeking to block horse slaughter
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Friday tossed out a lawsuit seeking to block inspections of horses destined for slaughter, potentially clearing the way for the resumption of equine killing for human consumption.
TSA agent killed, six wounded in Los Angeles airport shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A lone gunman stormed into a crowded terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport and opened fire with an assault weapon on Friday, killing a security agent and wounding six other people before he was shot and captured, aut…
Texas women turned away at abortion clinics after court ruling
AUSTIN/DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) – Women seeking to terminate their pregnancies were turned away at clinics across Texas on Friday, providers said, after strict new regulations for physicians who perform abortions prompted a dozen facilities to stop offe…
Stormy Halloween in central U.S. leaves four people dead
Kansas City, Missouri (Reuters) – A violent Halloween storm swept from the U.S. Gulf Coast up to the eastern Great Lakes killing at least four people, three in Texas and one in Tennessee, and contributed to the overturning of a school bus in a rain-swo…
New York’s de Blasio would drop stop-and-frisk appeal: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leading New York City mayoral contender Bill de Blasio, a longtime critic of the police stop-and-frisk tactic would drop the city’s legal challenge of court-ordered reforms to the program if elected, a person close to the campaign …
Florida attorney may be disbarred due to foreclosure “tsunami”
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida lawyer known as the “foreclosure king” who allegedly left a string of fraudulent legal documents and more than 100,000 abandoned court cases in his wake is facing disbarment as a result of a court ruling this week…
