Baltimore man highlighted in ‘Serial’ to get new murder trial
(Reuters) – A Baltimore man whose murder conviction was questioned by the popular 2014 “Serial” podcast will be retried, a Maryland appeals court ordered on Thursday, after concluding that his lawyer had failed to defend him effectively.
U.S. ends presumed freedom for pregnant immigrants
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Thursday it would no longer presume that many pregnant women detained by immigration authorities should be released from custody, reversing an Obama-era directive.
Pentagon silent on U.S. transgender policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly a week after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum banning some transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, Pentagon officials on Thursday refused to answer questions about the policy except to say they woul…
Maryland appeals court orders new trial in ‘Serial’ murder case
(Reuters) – A Maryland appeals court on Thursday ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed, whose conviction for a 1999 murder was questioned by the 2014 podcast “Serial,” a court filing said.
Brother of Florida school shooting suspect pleads no contest to trespass
(Reuters) – The brother of suspected high school shooter Nikolas Cruz pleaded no contest on Thursday to a trespassing charge and will serve probation for visits he made to the Florida campus since the Feb. 14 massacre.
U.S. court rejects lawsuit over New York’s use of highway toll revenue
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that New York State Thruway Authority had the right to use toll revenue collected from commercial truckers to maintain upstate canals, upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit by a trucking in…
Rusty Staub, a fan favorite for two decades in baseball, dies at 73
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rusty Staub, a beloved slugger dubbed “Le Grand Orange” by fans of the Montreal Expos and later embraced as a team leader of the New York Mets, died on Thursday at age 73 after a 23-year Major League Baseball career and a retiremen…
Judge won’t remove himself from Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The judge presiding over U.S. comedian Bill Cosby’s trial for sexual assault on Thursday rejected a defense request that he remove himself from the trial because his wife is an advocate for sexual assault victims.
Jury to decide if Orlando gunman’s widow had role in Pulse attack
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of the woman whose husband killed dozens at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub in 2016 began a second day of deliberations on Thursday to decide whether she helped him plan the rampage and then misled authoriti…
Sacramento braces for protests as family buries Stephon Clark
(Reuters) – Scores of Black Lives Matter activists planned to protest in Sacramento on Thursday over the shooting of an unarmed black man by police, hours after an emotional funeral service for him.
