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.
Former Michigan State dean faces charges stemming from Nassar scandal
DETROIT (Reuters) – Charges will be announced on Tuesday against a former Michigan State University dean who supervised ex-USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar before Nassar was convicted of sexually abusing female athletes, a county sheriff said.
Maryland school gunman died of self-inflicted gunshot, police say
(Reuters) – A self-inflicted gunshot wound, not a bullet fired by a sheriff’s deputy, killed a 17-year-old who had just shot another student at a Maryland high school last week, authorities have said.
U.S. to add citizenship question in 2020 Census: Commerce Dept
(Reuters) – A question about citizenship status will be included on the 2020 Census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, federal officials said on Monday, but California sued to block the move arguing that it would discourage immigrants from particip…
Police arrest former university boss of convicted ex-USA Gymnastics doctor
(Reuters) – Police have arrested a former Michigan State University dean who supervised ex-USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar before the sports doctor was arrested and convicted of sexually abusing female athletes, the county sheriff said on Monday….
U.S. will reinstate question about citizenship in 2020 Census: Commerce Dept
(Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday that a question about citizenship status will be reinstated on the 2020 Census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act.
Arizona governor suspends Uber’s ability to test self-driving cars
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) – The governor of Arizona on Monday suspended Uber’s ability to test self-driving cars on public roads in the state following a fatal crash last week that killed a 49-year-old pedestrian.
Kansas schoolgirl at heart of landmark desegregation ruling dead at 76
(Reuters) – Civil rights activist Linda Brown, who as a Kansas schoolgirl was at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing racial segregation in American public schools, has died at age 76.
Ex-university boss of convicted USA Gymnastics doctor arrested
(Reuters) – A former Michigan State University dean who supervised USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar prior to Nassar’s arrest on charges of sexually abusing female athletes has been taken into custody, the county sheriff said on Monday.
