ClickOnDetroit National Report -- Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019

Supreme Court allows trans military ban to go into effect

The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump's transgender military ban to go into effect on Tuesday, dealing a blow to LGBT activists who call the ban cruel and irrational.

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Around the country:

  • Miami: Video recorded in Downtown Miami on Monday showed a white man pulling a gun and shouting racial slurs at a group of black youths participating in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day protest. Read more.
  • Atlanta: Atlanta police are investigating the apparent sexual assault of woman that was livestreamed on Facebook. Read more.
  • Phoenix: Two doctors who led care for a woman who gave birth after being sexually assaulted at an Arizona health care facility are no longer treating its patients, Hacienda HealthCare said Monday. Read more.
  • Florida: A Florida police department says an officer ran over two people who were lying in a dark roadway to watch Sunday night's lunar eclipse. Read more.

Kentucky school closed Tuesday after viral confrontation

A Kentucky high school under scrutiny after students faced off with a Native American elder is closed Tuesday "to ensure the safety of students," according to Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders.

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LA teacher strike enters 2nd week 

So for the sixth school day in a row, about 30,000 educators are on strike Tuesday, demanding smaller class sizes, higher teacher salaries and more school nurses and counselors.

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Michigan man held in Russia denied bail

The lawyer for an American man being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying said on Tuesday that his client was given a flash drive containing Russian "state secrets" before he was arrested, but did not know he had them and had not looked at them.

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Supreme Court will hear 2nd Amendment case

A newly solidified conservative majority on the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up a Second Amendment case for the first time since 2010.

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Chris Brown detained after rape complaint

U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people are in custody in Paris after a woman filed a rape complaint, French officials said Tuesday.

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Oscar nominations 2019

The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards were revealed Tuesday morning.

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Brian is an Associate Producer for ClickOnDetroit. He graduated from the University of Michigan-Dearborn with a degree in Journalism and Screen Studies.

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