Opening arguments set in trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Opening arguments were slated to begin on Tuesday in the trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy for his 2014 armed standoff against federal agents that became a rallying point for militia groups challenging U.S. government authority…
Massachusetts court to weigh universities’ suicide prevention role
BOSTON (Reuters) – The top court in Massachusetts is expected to hear arguments on Tuesday in a closely watched lawsuit against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology questioning to what extent universities and colleges can be held responsible when …
Lapse in background check database allowed Texan church gunman to buy weapons: Pentagon
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (Reuters) – The man who committed the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history was able to buy guns legally from a sporting goods store because a prior domestic violence conviction was never entered into an FBI database used i…
Family strife, threats preceded Texas church massacre by former U.S. airman
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (Reuters) – A former U.S. serviceman who shot 26 worshipers to death during Sunday prayers in Texas was embroiled in a domestic dispute with his in-laws and had sent threatening text messages to his wife’s mother before the ma…
Man arrested after threatening to kill ‘all white police’ at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Texas man suspected of traveling to Washington to kill “all white police” at the White House was arrested on Monday by Secret Service agents near the executive mansion, the agency said.
U.S. to end protected status for Nicaraguan immigrants in 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will end in January 2019 a special status given to 5,300 Nicaraguan immigrants that protects them from deportation, senior Trump administration officials said on Monday.
U.S. to suspend use in Colorado of ‘cyanide bombs’ to kill wild animals
(Reuters) – The U.S. government will suspend the use of so-called cyanide bombs to kill wild animals on public lands in Colorado as well as plans to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears there, federal officials and conservationists said on Mon…
Illinois man wrongly imprisoned for 10 years sues Indiana city, police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois man who served 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of armed robbery and who was not granted a pardon by then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence sued four Indiana police officers and the city that employed them o…
Air Force error let Texas gunman buy weapons for church massacre
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (Reuters) – The gunman who shot 26 worshipers to death and wounded 20 others at a Texas church was embroiled in a domestic dispute with his in-laws and had been sending threatening messages to his wife’s mother before the mass…
NY police monitor to focus on lawfulness, not number, of stops: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday authorized a court-appointed monitor for New York City’s police department to oversee an improved evaluation system for officers that focuses on the lawfulness of their street stops rather tha…
