New York jail watchdog stripped of duties for spying on investigators
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Department of Correction watchdog was relieved of his investigative duties on Monday after he was accused of directing surveillance of telephone calls by informants about the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail compl…
Ex-wife of polygamous sect leader to open doors to secretive home
HILDALE, Utah (Reuters) – The Utah mansion where convicted pedophile and polygamous religious sect leader Warren Jeffs once lived is being purchased by one of his former wives, who hopes to make it a tourist attraction and home for people who have left…
Accused murderer of two Boston doctors pleads not guilty, held without bail
BOSTON (Reuters) – An attorney for a Massachusetts man accused of slitting the throats of two doctors in their Boston penthouse entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at a bedside hearing at the hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds sust…
Man sues to stop New Orleans from removing Confederate statue
(Reuters) – A New Orleans preservationist on Monday sued to stop the city from removing a statue of a Confederate general that critics say glorifies the era of slavery in the U.S. South.
ACLU sues Mississippi sheriff’s department over violating blacks’ rights
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday filed a lawsuit against a sheriff’s department in Mississippi claiming it violating black residents’ rights by subjecting them to groundless and violent searches and seizures.
Bumble Bee tuna agrees to plead guilty to price-fixing in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bumble Bee Foods LLC has agreed to plead guilty to one count of fixing the prices of canned tuna sold in the United States and to pay a criminal fine of $25 million, the Justice Department said on Monday.
Accused New York, New Jersey bomber to be tried in New York: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Afghan-born man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey will be tried in New York after a federal judge rejected his lawyers’ argument that he could not get a fair trial in the city where he is accused of injur…
Democratic appointed appeals judges to review Trump travel order
(Reuters) – Three appeals court judges appointed by Democratic former President Bill Clinton will review a Hawaii judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s revised restrictions on travel from six Muslim majority countries.
Former president Clinton working on novel with famed suspense writer
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is working with best-selling suspense writer James Patterson on a novel called “The President is Missing,” which will be published in June 2018, the publishers said on Monday.
Judges hit Trump lawyer with tough questions over revised travel ban
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Federal appeals court judges on Monday peppered a U.S. Justice Department lawyer with tough questions about President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, with several voicing skepticism …
