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A Colorado man convicted of providing material support to a U.S.-designated terrorist group in his native Uzbekistan was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2N2rkOD

A New Mexico district attorney vowed on Thursday to reinstate child abuse charges against three defendants from a remote compound after a procedural fumble by his team led to their release, sparking a public outcry. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2NxJKDT

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday backed a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, throwing its support behind a case that could impact the use of race-based college admissions. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PP7o0d

California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill requiring hospitals, healthcare facilities and prisons to offer plant-based meals, saying that even inmates deserve to have healthy and "ethical" meal choices. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PmaUOz

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to force the city of Philadelphia to resume the placement of children in need of foster care with a Catholic agency that refuses to accept gay couples as foster parents. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PjfpJK

More than a thousand Puerto Rican families who fled Hurricane Maria will get two more weeks of U.S.-funded housing in hotels and motels across the country but will then need to fend for themselves, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PRTlHd

A lawsuit by a former personal driver for U.S. President Donald Trump who has claimed that Trump's company failed to pay him for thousands of hours of overtime has been moved from federal court to private arbitration, the man's lawyer said on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2wsoWaq

A National Collegiate Athletic Association review found that Michigan State University did not violate the organization's rules in dealing with former school physician Larry Nassar, who was convicted of molesting hundreds of female gymnasts, the university said on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2onzaED

Three people were released from jail in Taos, New Mexico, on Wednesday after a judge dismissed charges of child abuse at their desert compound where a toddler's body was found, a defense lawyer said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2on1QxK

Nearly 80,000 students in Washington state were unable to attend the first day of school this week as thousands of teachers went on strike seeking higher salaries, teacher's unions said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PlBAPp

A U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Hawaii will serve 25 years in prison after admitting he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, federal prosecutors said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2MHf9aE

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and challenger Cynthia Nixon argued over who was the stauncher opponent of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in their only debate as they battle for the state's Democratic gubernatorial nomination next month. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2NyCHLc

A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year that fueled a national debate over possible racial bias in U.S. policing. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2C0ukH3