No charges for Louisiana police who shot Alton Sterling: official
(Reuters) – Louisiana will not charge two police officers for the fatal 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling, one of series of killings of black men that sparked protests across the United States, because evidence showed they acted properly, a state officia…
Former Michigan State dean charged with sex crime: officials
DETROIT (Reuters) – A former Michigan State University dean, who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, was himself charged on Tuesday with criminal sexual conduct involving medical school students.
Suspect arrested over explosives sent to Washington sites: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Authorities have arrested a man suspected of sending package bombs to U.S. military sites in the Washington area as well as White House and CIA mail offices, two law enforcement officials said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma lawmakers look at tax hike to avert a teachers’ strike
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Senate could begin deliberations as early as Tuesday on the Republican-dominated legislature’s first major tax increase in a quarter century to secure funds for raising the pay of teachers, who are threatening to wal…
New York state will sue to block Census citizenship question
(Reuters) – New York state’s attorney general said on Tuesday he will lead a multistate lawsuit to try to stop the federal government from asking people whether they are citizens in the 2020 Census, arguing the move will discourage immigrants from part…
Puerto Rico GDB amends wind-down deal to help storm-battered towns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank, the island’s insolvent former fiscal agent now in wind-down mode, has tweaked its $5 billion debt restructuring deal to help keep small towns afloat six months after Hurricane Maria.
Ex-university dean tied to U.S. gymnastics scandal charged
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former state university dean who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal with criminal sexual conduct and other crimes.
Ex-U.S. Supreme Court justice calls for repealing Second Amendment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday called for the repeal of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gives Americans the right to keep and bear firearms, days after mass protests nationwide demanding stro…
Ex-Comverse CEO to be released from prison after Israel cuts sentence
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The former chief executive officer of software company Comverse Technology Inc will be released from prison on Tuesday, a prison official said, after his sentence was cut short following his extradition from the United States.
Texas to execute ‘suitcase killer’ for prostitute’s murder
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is scheduled on Tuesday to execute a man convicted of murder for suffocating a prostitute, placing her lifeless body in a suitcase and tossing it into a garbage dumpster in 2005.
