Reuters - Top US News

Click to View in Browser

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

U.S. anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016, group says

BOSTON (Reuters) - When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a "vile and filthy people," its members were frightened enough they asked for and got extra police protection.

Democratic appointed appeals judges to review Trump travel order

(Reuters) - Three appeals court judges appointed by Democratic former President Bill Clinton will review a Hawaii judge's order blocking President Donald Trump's revised restrictions on travel from six Muslim majority countries.

Some Chase branches in Seattle closed by protests over pipeline loans

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Native American leaders and climate activists protested at several Chase branches in Seattle on Monday, forcing them to close temporarily as demonstrators demanded the bank not lend to projects like the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Accused New York, New Jersey bomber to be tried in New York: judge

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Afghan-born man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey will be tried in New York after a federal judge rejected his lawyers' argument that he could not get a fair trial in the city where he is accused of injuring 30 people.

Owners of dead giant rabbit on United flight seek damages, probe

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who was found dead after a United Airlines flight demanded on Monday that the airline pay damages, order an outside investigation and re-evaluate how it handles animals on flights.

Colorado school cancels classes over threat after Trump piñata incident

DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado high school canceled classes on Monday following an unspecified online threat, authorities said, days after a Spanish teacher there was suspended over allegations he allowed students to strike a piñata depicting President Donald Trump.

Ex-wife of polygamous sect leader to open doors to secretive home

HILDALE, Utah (Reuters) - The Utah mansion where convicted pedophile and polygamous religious sect leader Warren Jeffs once lived is being purchased by one of his former wives, who hopes to make it a tourist attraction and home for people who have left the church.

Accused murderer of two Boston doctors pleads not guilty, held without bail

BOSTON (Reuters) - An attorney for a Massachusetts man accused of slitting the throats of two doctors in their Boston penthouse entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at a bedside hearing at the hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during his arrest, authorities said.

Man sues to stop New Orleans from removing Confederate statue

(Reuters) - A New Orleans preservationist on Monday sued to stop the city from removing a statue of a Confederate general that critics say glorifies the era of slavery in the U.S. South.

Phoenix police say they caught man who killed nine in serial shootings

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A 23-year-old man suspected of killing eight people over seven months in a string of serial shootings in Phoenix in 2016 is already behind bars on a murder charge for another slaying the year before, the city's police chief said on Monday.