By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is closing a task force that took on drug cartels and an office that aimed to ease racial tensions, in a reorganization that drops a plan to merge the nation’s top drug and gun law enforcement agencies, documents seen by Reuters show. The most sweeping…
A 19-year-old man is accused of shooting another man in Tacoma, leaving him in critical condition. William Skye Bharati, 19, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault for the shooting that took place Aug. 22. A plea of not guilty was entered on Bharati’s behalf during his arraignment Wednesday. Pierce County Superior…
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -Over two months, Canadian officials scrambled to advise and reassure Canadians wanting to travel to the U.S. after President Donald Trump‘s executive order on gender, documents show. The order, issued January 20, states the U.S. only recognizes two sexes, requires the government use the term “sex” rather than “gender”…