US Domestic News Roundup: Body of former Prez Bush lies in state in U.S. Capitol; Cardi B fails to show up for hearing over NY club fight


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 04-12-2018 06:10 IST | Created: 04-12-2018 05:25 IST
US Domestic News Roundup: Body of former Prez Bush lies in state in U.S. Capitol; Cardi B fails to show up for hearing over NY club fight
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Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

Number of missing in California's deadliest wildfire drops to 25

The number of people listed as missing after California's deadliest wildfire has dropped again to 25, down from a high of more than 1,200 about two weeks ago, officials said. The death toll from the Camp Fire that all but obliterated the mountain town community of Paradise in northern California stood unchanged at 88, the Butte County Sheriff Department said late on Saturday in a statement.

Fraternities, sororities sue Harvard over single-sex club crackdown

A group of U.S. fraternities and sororities on Monday sued Harvard University, saying its crackdown on single-sex clubs amounted to sexual discrimination. In lawsuits filed in federal and state courts in Boston, the group challenged a policy that the Ivy League university adopted in 2016 and began enforcing this academic year that Harvard said was intended to end longstanding practices of exclusion at the elite school.

NYC cops find couple who lost engagement ring down subway grate

New York City police on Sunday located a tourist couple whose unlucky marriage proposal went viral after their engagement ring fell down a Times Square subway grate. A video of the incident shared on Twitter by the New York City Police Department on Saturday collected more than 20,000 retweets, made headlines and managed to reach the newly engaged pair who had returned to the United Kingdom.

Body of former President Bush lies in state in U.S. Capitol

The body of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush arrived on Monday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, where mourners will pay tribute to the man who led the nation as the Cold War ended. With hands on hearts, members of Bush's cabinet, lawmakers and Supreme Court justices honored the 41st president as his flag-draped casket entered the Capitol Rotunda.

U.S. top court signals it will buttress anti-fraud securities laws

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to further limit the scope of who can be held liable for violating laws that protect investors from securities fraud as they weighed an appeal by a New York investment banker who had been banned from the industry. Only eight of the nine justices were present to hear arguments over a ruling by a Washington-based federal appeals court that found Francis Lorenzo liable for participating in a scheme to defraud investors when he sent misleading emails about a financially-troubled clean energy company.

White nationalist rally victim 'pulseless' after crash: rescue worker

The woman killed by a car at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, looked lifeless after being struck, the rescue worker who tried to save her life testified on Monday at the trial of the man charged with murdering her. The woman, 32-year-old Heather Heyer, was "pulseless," with no heartbeat or breath, Charlottesville fire Captain Steward "Nick" Barrell, a paramedic, testified in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

Boeing KC-46 tankers complete phase two receiver certification testing

Boeing Co's KC-46 mid-air refueling tanker program has completed its planned phase two receiver certification flight testing with various military aircraft, the company said on Monday. The phase two certification sets the stage for initial operational test and evaluation next year of KC-46, which has troubled Boeing for years as it struggled to get airworthiness certifications and complete flight tests.

UC Berkeley settles lawsuit over treatment of conservative speakers

The University of California at Berkeley on Monday settled a free speech lawsuit accusing the school of discriminating against speakers with conservative views. Under the settlement filed with the federal court in San Francisco, the university will modify its procedures for handling "major events," which typically draw hundreds of people, and agreed not to charge "security" fees for a variety of activities, including lectures and speeches.

U.S. top court snubs environmental challenge to Trump's border wall

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a challenge by three conservation groups to the authority of President Donald Trump's administration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a victory for Trump who has made the wall a centerpiece of his hardline immigration policies. The justices' declined to hear the groups' appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California rejecting their claims that the administration had pursued border wall projects without complying with applicable environmental laws. The groups are the Center for Biological Diversity, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Defenders of Wildlife.

Rapper Cardi B fails to show up for hearing over fight at New York club

A New York judge on Monday rescheduled Cardi B's court hearing to Friday after she failed to appear in criminal court to face charges of assault in connection with a fight at a strip club but warned that she risked arrest if she did not show up again. The 26-year-old performer, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, surrendered to police in October after being accused of involvement in the Aug. 15 incident at the Angels NYC strip club in the borough of Queens.

(With inputs from Reuters)

(With inputs from agencies.)

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