Satanist group challenges Missouri law on abortions
(Reuters) – A group of Satanists is challenging a Missouri law that requires women seeking an abortion to receive a booklet that says life begins at conception, arguing before the state Supreme Court that the measure violated a member’s religious belie…
Judge bars parents in California abuse case from contacting 13 children
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday barred a Southern California husband and wife from contacting the 13 children they are charged with beating, shackling and starving in their suburban home, a ruling the couple’s attorney did not oppose…
Alabama bill would end special elections for U.S. Senate
(Reuters) – The Republican-led Alabama House of Representatives has passed a bill to end special elections for the U.S. Senate, just more than a month after such a vote resulted in the state electing its first Democratic senator in a quarter-century.
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor gets up to 175 years as abuse victims applaud
LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) – As his victims wept in a Michigan courtroom on Wednesday, disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts who were entrusted to his care…
New York restaurant Le Bernardin sued for sexual harassment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The famed New York City seafood restaurant Le Bernardin was sued on Wednesday by a former server who said female employees are subjected to sexual harassment and that management ignores their complaints or shames them for coming fo…
Trump says willing to be interviewed by Mueller under oath
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
Arizona man gets six months in prison for hacking university email accounts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man was sentenced to six months in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to hacking into over 1,000 email accounts at Pace University in New York in an attempt to download sexually explicit photos and videos.
Kushners drop effort to raise Chinese cash for New Jersey project: AP
(Reuters) – The real estate company of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, will no longer seek $150 million from wealthy Chinese investors for a New Jersey building project, the Associated Press reported on Wedne…
Explainer: More U.S. states eye donations to evade Trump tax changes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Legislation that first surfaced in California to give taxpayers a way to avoid the new cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions by making charitable donations has popped up in four more states so far, with others reviewing alter…
Judge narrows bribery case against New Jersey Democratic Senator Menendez
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday threw out several bribery charges against Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, five days after U.S. prosecutors announced they would seek to retry him after his first trial ended with a hung jury.
