U.S., Denver sheriff settle immigration-related claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and the Denver Sheriff Department on Monday resolved claims that the law enforcement agency had discriminated against immigrants seeking jobs.A...
View ArticleWoman who faked pregnancy arrested in kidnapping of Kansas newborn
By Steve Gorman(Reuters) - A woman who faked pregnancy has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a newborn infant girl in Kansas and taking her hundreds of miles away to Texas after killing the...
View ArticleAt New York immigration museum, guides cope with hostile remarks
By Sebastien MaloNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A New York City history museum that celebrates immigration to the United States is giving its guides new training to help them deal with an...
View ArticlePolice Chief Reacts to Officer Shootings
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - In the aftermath of the shooting death of a Texas police officer, along with several other recent shootings of officers, Appleton Police Chief Todd Thomas is asking for national...
View ArticleCourt: Wisconsin's Legislative Maps Unconstitutional
MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) - A panel of federal judges has ruled Wisconsin’s 2011 legislative redistricting resulted in maps that are unconstitutional.In a 2-1 decision, a federal court in...
View ArticleSecurity agents fueled panic at New York airport in August: authorities
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - The actions of untrained security agents at New York's JFK airport helped fuel unfounded panic that sent people streaming out of terminals on a busy Sunday evening...
View ArticleTrump says will quit Pacific trade deal on day one of presidency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump released a video on Monday laying out actions he will take on his first day in office on Jan. 20, including withdrawing the United States from a...
View ArticleDriver arrested, faces charges in deadly Tennessee school bus crash: police
By Frank McGurty(Reuters) - A bus carrying elementary students home from school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, crashed on Monday afternoon, killing six children and sending nearly two dozen to a hospital...
View ArticleState Department warns about possible attacks in Europe during holiday season
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Monday issued an alert to U.S. citizens about a heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe, particularly during the holiday season."U.S....
View ArticleU.S. Holocaust museum alarmed over 'hateful speech' by white nationalists
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed alarm on Monday over "hateful speech" at a white nationalist meeting over the weekend, and a restaurant apologized for...
View ArticleNo Baltimore-DOJ settlement on police in coming weeks: mayor
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and Baltimore on reforming the city's troubled police department is unlikely before Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake...
View ArticleFor Standing Rock Sioux, new water system may reduce oil leak risk
By Ernest Scheyder(Reuters) - For months, North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux tribe has been protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline's planned crossing under the Missouri River, adjacent to their lands,...
View ArticleObama grants 79 prison sentence commutations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama reduced the sentences of another 79 federal prisoners by exercising his commutation power, the White House said on Tuesday, bringing to more than 1,000 the...
View ArticleU.S. Steel to pay $2.2 million to settle pollution suit: Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Steel Corp. has agreed to reduce pollution at three plants in the Midwest and pay a $2.2 million civil penalty to resolve a Clean Air Act lawsuit by the federal government...
View ArticleArchived letter shows Trump's grandfather asked to return to Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - German archivists have found a letter written by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's grandfather, asking to be allowed to return to his German homeland after his wife failed to...
View ArticleBaylor University athletic official charged with assaulting reporter
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Baylor University athletic official has been arrested in Texas on suspicion of assaulting a reporter after a football game this month.Heath Nielsen,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Pipeline protester's injuries were result of 'criminal activity'
CANNON BALL, ND (KFGO) - The North Dakota Highway Patrol says law enforcement officers were not responsible for injuries sustained by a New York woman who nearly lost an arm in an explosion during a...
View ArticleEx-Cuomo aide, others indicted in New York bribery case
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is among eight men who have been indicted in a bribery and fraud case tied to efforts to spur the upstate...
View ArticlePilots strike at cargo airline serving Amazon, DHL as holidays near
By Nick CareyCHICAGO (Reuters) - Pilots at ABX Air, an express cargo airline that serves online retailer Amazon.com Inc and DHL Express, went on strike on Tuesday, a critical time for retailers with...
View ArticleU.S. sues New Jersey town for rejecting proposed mosque out of bias
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - The U.S. government sued a New Jersey town on Tuesday, saying that it discriminated against Muslims when it rejected an Islamic group's plan to build a mosque there.The lawsuit...
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