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Reuters Top US News: April 19, 2017

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez hangs self in jail cell: officials

BOSTON (Reuters) - Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez hanged himself in the jail cell where he was serving a life sentence for murder, just days after being found not guilty of killing two other people, state prison officials said on Wednesday.

U.S. top court to hear key religious rights case involving Missouri church

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a closely watched dispute over supplying taxpayer money to religious entities in which a church accuses Missouri of violating its religious rights by denying it state funds for a playground project.

Trump orders review of visa program to encourage hiring Americans

KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a review of the U.S. visa program for bringing high-skilled foreign workers into the country, putting technology firms and the outsourcing companies that serve them on notice that possible changes may be ahead.

Trial ending for Pennsylvania man who eluded manhunt in trooper ambush

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - The trial of Eric Frein, a Pennsylvania outdoorsman accused of killing a state trooper in a 2014 sniper attack that triggered a massive manhunt, wraps up with closing arguments on Wednesday.

Gunman targeting white men kills three in Fresno, California

(Reuters) - A gunman who went by the nickname Black Jesus killed three white men in downtown Fresno, California, on Tuesday, and fired at another before he was taken into custody while shouting "Allahu Akhbar," police said.

Company sues Arkansas, charging fraud over lethal injection drugs

(Reuters) - A major U.S. pharmaceutical firm sued Arkansas again over capital punishment on Tuesday, claiming prison officials fraudulently obtained a muscle relaxant to administer in several executions and demanding the drug in question be confiscated from the state.

Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Houston

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been readmitted to a Houston hospital for treatment of a mild case of pneumonia, his second bout of that respiratory illness in three months, but "is going to be fine," his spokesman said on Tuesday.

Three arrested during protest against white nationalist speech in Alabama

(Reuters) - At least three people were arrested during a protest against an appearance by white U.S. nationalist Richard Spencer at Alabama's Auburn University late on Tuesday, hours after a judge ordered the school to let him give a speech, media reported.

Suspect in Facebook video murder kills self in Pennsylvania: police

ERIE, Pa. (Reuters) - A murder suspect who police said posted a video on Facebook of the killing of a Cleveland man fatally shot himself after a "brief pursuit" by Pennsylvania State Police officers on Tuesday, police said.

Rising seas could push some U.S. migration to areas far from coast: study

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Rising sea levels caused by climate change may drive U.S. coastal residents to areas far from the seaboard, not just to adjacent inland regions, according to a study published online in the journal Nature Climate Change.