Hearing Not Needed in Avery Case
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) - A status hearing in the Steven Avery case is not needed.That's the determination of the circuit court judge in charge of the ongoing appeal of Avery's 2007 murder...
View ArticleChicago teachers' union votes to authorize strike
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) said on Monday that its members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage as...
View ArticleNew York launches ad campaign to fight anti-Muslim rhetoric, violence
By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - New York City kicked off a social media advertising campaign on Monday to combat negative perceptions of Muslims and counteract increasing...
View ArticleMother sues U.S. hospital for discriminating against dead transgender son
By Sebastien MaloNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The mother of a transgender boy filed a lawsuit against a U.S. hospital on Monday claiming its medical staff repeatedly addressed her son - who...
View ArticleFlorida woman sentenced to prison for exporting technology to China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida woman has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for conspiring to illegally export U.S. technology used in underwater drones to a Chinese state-owned entity,...
View ArticleACLU defending New York bombing suspect, calls lawyer delays 'disturbing'
By Eric M. Johnson(Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday it will temporarily provide legal counsel for the man suspected of detonating a bomb in the heart of New York City that...
View ArticleIowa city braces for floods as river expected to crest
(Reuters) - The waters of the Cedar River are expected on Tuesday to hit their highest level in nearly a decade, putting strain on a sprawling network of flood barricades in Iowa's second-largest city...
View ArticleAppeals court blocks Pennsylvania hospital merger
By Diane Bartz and Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked the proposed merger of the two largest hospital systems in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.Reversing a lower...
View ArticleU.S. established working group to stop Middle East migrant smugglers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told a Senate panel on Tuesday the United States was cracking down on Middle Eastern migrants illegally crossing the...
View ArticleKirby Inland Marine to pay $4.9 million penalty over oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $4.9 million in civil penalties to settle claims stemming from a 4,000-barrel oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel in March 2014, the...
View ArticleFamilies of black victims killed by Ohio police want federal probes
By Kathy Lynn GrayCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The families of two black males fatally shot by Columbus, Ohio, police called on Tuesday for independent investigations by federal officials of the separate...
View ArticleDelta plans regional-jet purchase for up to $2.3 billion: Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc plans to buy larger regional jets with a list value of up to $2.3 billion if it can get its pilots' union to accept an overhaul of the small-plane fleet, Bloomberg...
View ArticleCalifornia changes laws so children can no longer be prostitutes
By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children will no longer be classified as prostitutes in the U.S. state of California after a new law decriminalized prostitution for minors in...
View ArticleNorthern California wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate mountainous area
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters worked to control a wildfire on Tuesday in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco Bay area that has forced hundreds of residents to...
View ArticleLawsuit on Maryland man's death after 911 call awaits autopsy: lawyer
(Reuters) - The family of a black Maryland man who called 911 and died last week after a scuffle with police is awaiting results of an autopsy and other data before it files a wrongful death lawsuit...
View ArticleWest Coast dockworkers, shippers to talk contract extension
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union have agreed to discuss a possible extension to a contract reached last year, ending labor strife that...
View ArticleCharlotte shooting victim's wife said he threatened family: court papers
By Colleen JenkinsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - Less than a year before Keith Scott was shot and killed by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, his wife said in court papers that he had...
View ArticleWATCH: Silent Police Protest at UWGB
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A UW-Green Bay student organized a small, silent protest Tuesday to highlight the lives of black men being lost at the hands of unethical police officers."I think it's a very...
View ArticleTwo California men charged in suspected murder among 'furries'
By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two men were charged on Tuesday in the triple murder of a Southern California couple and their friend in what local media reported may have been a crime among the...
View ArticleCourt sides with New Jersey mega-mall in financing challenge
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday sided with the state in its plan to allow $1.15 billion of tax-exempt bonds to finance American Dream, the state's long-stalled...
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