Judge reopens case of Colorado ‘intersex’ veteran denied passport
DENVER (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to review the constitutionality of a U.S. State Department policy of refusing to grant passports to people who identify as neither male nor female.
‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli’s notoriety slows New York jury selection
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jury selection in the New York trial of former drug company executive Martin Shkreli will enter its third day Wednesday, after some potential jurors said they could not be fair to a man who gained notoriety by raising the price of …
Madoff settlements reach $12 billion with new accords
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The trustee recouping money for Bernard Madoff’s victims on Tuesday announced nearly $371 million of new settlements with two groups of offshore funds that invested with the imprisoned Ponzi schemer, boosting the total recovery to …
Illinois retailers sue Cook County to halt sugary drink tax
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A group of retailers Tuesday sued Cook County, Illinois, to try to block the sweetened beverage tax scheduled to go into effect in the Chicago area on Saturday, arguing it is unconstitutional and too vague for stores to implement.
Some would-be immigrants left in limbo after Supreme Court travel ban order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Without close family in the United States, Elly and her husband had few options for getting permission to immigrate to America from Iran. So when they won a U.S. government lottery last September for a so-called “diversity visa” …
University of Texas at Dallas re-opens campus after bomb threat
(Reuters) – The University of Texas at Dallas briefly evacuated its campus on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a bomb threat but police later determined it was a hoax and reopened the campus.
New York mob suspects admit to vendetta arson, robbery
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three men, including the late mobster John Gotti’s grandson, admitted on Tuesday that they torched a car because its driver cut off a reputed Bonanno crime family associate in traffic in April 2012, prosecutors said.
Chicago officers charged in alleged cover-up of black teen shooting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three current and former Chicago police officers were indicted on Tuesday on felony charges for conspiring to cover up the shooting death of a black teenager by a white officer, prosecutors said.
North Carolina man gets life in prison for plotting Islamic State attack
(Reuters) – A North Carolina man accused of murdering his neighbor and offering to pay an undercover agent to kill his parents was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for plotting mass shootings in the name of Islamic State, U.S. prosecutors said.
Ten Commandments monument installed in Arkansas; ACLU vows court fight
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Arkansas installed a Ten Commandments monument on the state’s Capitol grounds on Tuesday, and a civil liberties group pledged a court challenge, saying it showed an unconstitutional government preference for a certain reli…
