Georgia police chief to apologize for black man's 1940 lynching
By Rich McKayATLANTA (Reuters) - The police chief of a small Georgia city will publicly apologize on Thursday for the lynching of a young black man almost 77 years ago, an official gesture historians...
View ArticleSan Bernardino massacre yields 2nd immigration fraud conviction
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Russian-born wife of the California man accused of supplying guns used by another couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino pleaded guilty on Thursday to...
View ArticleIllinois attorney general asks judge to stop paying workers
(Reuters) - The attorney general of Illinois asked a judge on Thursday to lift an order requiring state workers to be paid during the state's record 19-month budget impasse in hopes of putting pressure...
View ArticleSen Warren says Labor Dept removed website for Wells Fargo employees
By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor removed a special website it created as a resource for current and former Wells Fargo employees on workplace issues, including...
View ArticleMuslim woman assaulted at JFK airport; man charged with hate crimes
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man who prosecutors said yelled that President Donald Trump "will get rid of all of you" after assaulting a female Muslim employee at New York's...
View ArticlePennsylvania governor says he is cancer-free after treatment
(Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said on Friday he has been given a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.Wolf announced in February he had treatable prostate...
View ArticleChicago police chief recovering after appearing to nearly faint
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's chief of police, Eddie Johnson, was recovering on Friday afternoon after he appeared nearly to faint at a news conference, according to a spokesman for the Chicago Police...
View ArticleTrump signs order for tighter vetting to prevent terrorism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order he said would impose tighter vetting to prevent foreign terrorists from entering the United States."I'm...
View ArticleFormer Pennsylvania mayor sentenced to probation in museum case
By David DeKokHARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - A former long-time mayor of Pennsylvania's capital was sentenced to two years of probation on Friday after pleading guilty on charges related to the theft of...
View ArticleJudge confirms San Bernardino, California's plan to exit bankruptcy
By Jim ChristieSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Bernardino, California, won final court approval on Friday for its financial restructuring plan, clearing the way for the city to wrap up the bankruptcy...
View ArticleFBI probes threat to 'blow up' Denver-area refugee center
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - Anonymous notes threatening to "blow up" a refugee community center catering mainly to Muslim immigrants were found at the Denver-area building, prompting a...
View ArticleCalifornia governor to undergo treatment for prostate cancer
(Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown plans to undergo treatment for prostate cancer for the second time in four years, and he has received an excellent prognosis from his doctor, his office said...
View ArticlePennsylvania teen at center of Holland Tunnel gun incident dies
By David DeKokHARRISBURG (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania teen has died seven months after she found herself at the center of a purported rescue mission that ended with the arrest of three heavily armed...
View ArticleMiddle Eastern immigrants to U.S. confront upended lives
By Yeganeh TorbatiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families, students, engineers and doctors from across the Middle East who have made the United States their home on Saturday found themselves potentially...
View ArticleACLU says to argue for nationwide stay of Trump immigration order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union said it would argue in U.S. District Court in New York at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday for a nationwide stay to block deportation of people...
View ArticleJudge allows travelers who landed with visas to stay in country
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay on Saturday that temporarily blocks the U.S. government from sending people out of the country after they have landed...
View ArticleHow Trump's abrupt immigration ban sowed confusion at airports, agencies
By Jonathan Allen and Brendan O'BrienNEW YORK (Reuters) - After immigration agents detained two Iraqis on Saturday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, their lawyers and two U.S....
View ArticleSenate finance committee to vote on Representative Price on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-majority U.S. Senate Finance Committee will vote on Tuesday on the nomination of Representative Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services, the...
View ArticleSyrian Christians denied entry to U.S. in Philadelphia: Lebanese airport sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian Christian Orthodox family was turned back from Philadelphia International Airport after traveling to the United States from Lebanon, airport sources in Beirut said on...
View ArticleAttorneys general from 16 states condemn Trump immigration order
(Reuters) - Attorneys general from 16 U.S. states, including California, New York and Pennsylvania, issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning President Donald Trump's executive order restricting...
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