Jetpac aims to boost Muslim participation in American politics
By Scott MaloneCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - A newly formed U.S. political advocacy group is ready to launch a campaign aimed at inspiring more Muslim Americans to run for office, in what it describes...
View ArticleStarbucks responds to criticism over refugee hiring blowback
(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp , facing backlash from some customers over its plans to hire refugees, said it would speed up its previously stated goal of hiring 10,000 veterans and military spouses by...
View ArticleU.S. lawmaker to scrap bill to sell public lands after backlash
By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Congressman Jason Chaffetz said on Thursday he plans to withdraw a bill that would have sold off more than 3 million acres of federal land to...
View ArticleMinnesota man found guilty in shooting of black protesters
(Reuters) - A white Minnesota man was found guilty of opening fire and wounding five men protesting the fatal shooting of a black man by police officers two years ago.A jury found Allen Scarsella, 24,...
View ArticleMinnesota governor evaluating cancer treatment options: staff
(Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is evaluating treatment options for cancer and he will be able to continue his work without significant interruption, officials said Thursday.Dayton, 70, said...
View ArticleNorth Dakota leads majority of U.S. states in revenue rebound
By Karen PierogCHICAGO (Reuters) - North Dakota, fueled by a boom in oil fracking, leads U.S. states with the highest tax revenue growth rate since the 2007-09 recession, according to a report released...
View ArticleRecords reveal details of South Carolina church gunman's mental health
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - The white supremacist who murdered nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a South Carolina church suffered from a number of mental...
View ArticleTrump vows to end prohibition on church political activity
By Jeff Mason and Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to free churches and other tax-exempt institutions of a 1954 U.S. law banning political activity,...
View ArticleConnecticut governor calls for expanded municipal oversight system
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy called on Thursday for an expansion of the state's system for municipal intervention to help avert a crisis in cities struggling...
View ArticleIowa moves to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
By Timothy Mclaughlin(Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Iowa state senate voted on Thursday to cut Medicaid funding for family planning services to abortion providers including Planned...
View ArticleMissouri gets closer to becoming 28th state with optional union dues
(Reuters) - Missouri moved one step closer to becoming the 28th state to make paying dues optional for employees working in union-represented shops and receiving union-negotiated benefits after...
View ArticleDenver mosque warned U.S. officials about accused shooter
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - A Denver mosque warned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security a Muslim convert was radicalized more than a month before he was arrested in the shooting death of a...
View ArticleCan Trump cut funds to UC Berkeley? Experts say not really
By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump does not have the authority to withhold funding from the University of California at Berkeley where violent protests led to...
View ArticleEleven arrested during protest against conservative comedian at NYU
(Reuters) - Eleven people have been arrested outside New York University during a heated protest against a conservative comedian who gave a speech at the school, police said on Friday.A group that...
View ArticleAdmitted triple murderer erupts in court as sentenced to death
By Valerie Vande PanneBOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man who admitted to killing three people in a 2001 rampage erupted in a Boston courtroom on Friday morning, swearing at the federal judge who...
View ArticleSeattle judge blocks Trump's travel ban; White House to appeal
By Dan Levine and Scott MaloneSEATTLE/BOSTON (Reuters) - A Seattle federal judge on Friday put a nationwide block on U.S. President Donald Trump's week-old executive order that had temporarily barred...
View ArticleU.S. Muslim school curriculum: English, math and political activism
By Scott MaloneMANSFIELD, Mass. (Reuters) - The students at Al-Noor Academy, a Muslim school outside Boston, bombarded their government class speaker with questions: How do you start a political...
View ArticleJudge orders temporary ban on Trump immigration restrictions
(Reuters) - A U.S. district judge in Detroit has issued an order temporarily restraining the Trump administration from carrying out immigration restrictions in a presidential executive order, according...
View ArticleCollege in Bosnia offers scholarships to people banned by Trump
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A Bosnia-based international school said on Friday it would offer scholarships to refugees and students from seven nations affected by the immigration ban issued last week by U.S...
View ArticleHouse repeals Obama rule on methane emissions on federal lands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday repealed a rule put forth in the final days of the Obama administration that limited emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane...
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