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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

United won't use police to remove overbooked passengers - CEO

NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines will no longer use law enforcement officers to remove passengers from overbooked flights after global outrage erupted over a video showing a passenger dragged from one of its planes in Chicago.

Spicer says he let Trump down with comments comparing Assad and Hitler

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Wednesday he was personally and professionally pained by his comments comparing the atrocities of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Adolf Hitler, saying he had made a mistake and let down the president.

Police probe motives behind fatal San Bernardino classroom shooting

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) - Relatives of a school teacher shot dead by her husband in a San Bernardino, California, classroom have told investigators the slaying capped a brief, turbulent marriage and breakup marked by accusations of infidelity and threats, police said on Tuesday.

UK's Daily Mail to pay Melania Trump damages over modeling claims

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Daily Mail agreed on Wednesday to pay Melania Trump an undisclosed sum and issue an apology after it published an article saying the U.S. First Lady had offered "services beyond simply modeling" in her former job.

Rolling Stone, University of Virginia admin agree to end defamation case

(Reuters) - Rolling Stone magazine and the administrator at the University of Virginia have reached an agreement which ends a defamation case over the publication's retracted story about an alleged gang rape at the school, court documents filed on Tuesday showed.

Argentina's Macri to visit Trump on April 27 - White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Argentina's president Mauricio Macri will visit Washington on April 27 and will discuss with President Donald Trump the situation in Venezuela and other issues, the White House said on Wednesday.

U.S. judges pulled from Mexico border as crossings by women, children fall

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two U.S. immigration judges recently sent to the Mexico border to process asylum requests from migrant women and children are being recalled as they have so few cases to hear, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Musician J. Geils, dies at Massachusetts home: police

NEW YORK (Reuters) - J. Geils, leader of The J. Geils Band whose hard-driving hits of the late 1970s and early 1980s included "Centerfold," "Freeze Frame" and "Love Stinks," died on Tuesday at his home in Groton, Massachusetts, police said. He was 71.

Florida prosecutor sues governor to remain on murder cases

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida state prosecutor removed from 23 murder cases by Governor Rick Scott for refusing to consider the death penalty on Tuesday filed federal and state lawsuits seeking to reverse his order as unconstitutional.

Detained immigrants launch hunger strike in Washington state

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Hundreds of detainees at an immigration holding center in Washington state began refusing meals in a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility and delayed immigration hearings, activists said on Tuesday.