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Monday, 22 May 2017

Reuters Top US News: May 22, 2017

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Monday, May 22, 2017

Notre Dame graduates walk out on Pence as he touts free speech

(Reuters) - Dozens of students walked out of Notre Dame University's commencement exercise on Sunday to protest a speech by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who warned graduates of the prestigious Catholic school against suppressing free speech.

Westinghouse to lock out 172 union members at New Hampshire plant

(Reuters) - Westinghouse Electric Co, a unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp , said on Sunday it issued a lockout notice to 172 union members at its nuclear components manufacturing plant in Newington, New Hampshire, declaring that the sides had reached a stalemate in contract negotiations.

Pentagon assesses readiness for transgender hires: memo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense is assessing its ability to recruit transgender people as soon as 1 July, according to a memo signed by a top Pentagon official and seen by Reuters.

Supreme Court rejects challenge to state retroactive tax changes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by several major corporations to a Michigan law that retroactively changed the way businesses are taxed in the state, leading to $1 billion extra for government coffers.

Polarizing Milwaukee sheriff denies CNN report that he plagiarized

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Stabbing death of black U.S. Army officer probed as possible hate crime

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police have charged a white University of Maryland student with the on-campus stabbing death of a newly commissioned black U.S. Army lieutenant, and the FBI is investigating the case as a possible hate crime, authorities said on Sunday.

New York governor urges Trump to provide emergency funds for Penn Station

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to treat disruptions in train service at Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station as an emergency and provide federal aid to fix what he termed deplorable conditions at the transit hub.

U.S. gender confirmation surgery up 19 percent in 2016, doctors say

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gender confirmation surgeries rose 19 percent in 2016 from the previous year, a survey of plastic surgeons said, an increase some doctors attribute to expanded Medicare coverage and greater social acceptance of transgender people.

Trump's FBI comments to Russians were aimed at cooperation: aides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump raised the firing of the FBI director in a meeting with Russia's foreign minister to explain why he had been unable to find areas of cooperation with Moscow, two top administration officials said on Sunday.

'Greatest Show on Earth' takes its final bow after 146 years

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The clowns, animal acts and acrobats of the storied Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus took their final bow at an arena outside New York on Sunday, with a space-themed balancing act kicking off the farewell performance of the "Greatest Show on Earth" after nearly 150 years.