Friday 30 March 2018

U.S. visa applicants to be asked for social media history: State Department

U.S. visa applicants to be asked for social media history: State Department

(Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to collect social media history from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States, State Department proposals showed on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's policy of "extreme vetting."

Autopsy results for Stephon Clark to be announced: lawyer

(Reuters) - Autopsy results will be announced on Friday for Stephon Clark, a black man who was unarmed when he was shot and killed by police in Sacramento, California in his grandparent's back yard, his family's attorney said.

Iranian granted U.S. visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his U.S. citizen brother with blood cancer, obtaining a rare waiver to President Donald Trump's travel ban, the family's lawyer said on Thursday.

Ads pulled from Ingraham show after she mocked Parkland survivor

(Reuters) - At least seven companies said on Thursday they were dropping advertisements from Laura Ingraham's Fox News show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter and he responded with a call for a boycott.

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Reinhardt known as the 'liberal lion', dies

(Reuters) - U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt has died after a 37-year career as a liberal icon on the bench during which he struck down California's same-sex marriage ban and called President Donald Trump's immigration policy inhumane.

Jury set to resume deliberations in trial of Orlando gunman's widow

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Jurors were scheduled to resume their deliberations on Friday in the trial of a Florida woman on charges that she did nothing to stop her husband from opening fire at Orlando's Pulse nightclub in 2016, killing dozens of people.

Exclusive: Under Trump, prosecutors fight reprieves for people facing deportation

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration has sharply curtailed a once-common practice of granting long-term reprieves to immigrants targeted for deportation, a Reuters analysis of court records shows, adding to an already huge backlog of cases in U.S. immigration courts.

Under Armour says 150 million MyFitnessPal accounts breached

Under Armour said on Thursday that data from some 150 million MyFitnessPal diet and fitness app accounts was compromised in February, in one of the biggest hacks in history, sending shares of the athletic apparel maker down 3 percent in after-hours trade.

Mega Millions jackpot tops $500 million for only fourth time

(Reuters) - The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery has climbed to $502 million for Friday's drawing, only the fourth time in the game's history it has surpassed the half a billion dollar mark, the lottery said.

Hawaii lawmakers approve medical aid in dying for terminally ill

(Reuters) - Hawaii would become the seventh U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under legislation passed by the state Senate on Thursday and sent to the governor.

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