Cleveland policeman who fatally shot Tamir Rice is fired
(Reuters) – An Ohio police officer who fatally shot a black 12-year-old boy in 2014 was fired on Tuesday after an internal investigation found he provided inaccurate information on his application to join the police, city officials said.
Maryland joins California in battling antibiotic overuse on farms
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Maryland has become the second U.S. state to pass a law banning the routine use of antibiotics in healthy livestock and poultry, a move aimed at battling the rise of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as “superbugs.”
U.S. top court restricts patent owners’ right to block resale of goods
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for manufacturers and drug companies to control how their products are used or resold, ruling against printer company Lexmark International Inc in a patent dispute over its ink cartridges.
Puerto Rico will make $13.9 million pension bond payment due on Thursday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s government on Tuesday said it will make a $13.9 million payment on June 1 to bondholders of the Employees Retirement System (ERS), the island’s largest pension.
Three Mile Island, site of 1979 nuclear accident, to close in 2019
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island power plant will close in 2019, forty years after it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, as low natural gas prices make the costs of atomic energy uncompetitive, its owner said on Tue…
U.S. top court sides with police over shooting of homeless couple
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court sided with police on Tuesday and threw out a lower court ruling that had upheld $4 million in damages awarded to a homeless couple who sued after being shot 15 times in a backyard shack by Los Angeles Count…
Tiger Woods asleep at wheel of car before Florida arrest: police
JUPITER, Fla. (Reuters) – Tiger Woods was asleep at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz stopped on a Florida road and did not know where he was, said a police report released on Tuesday, a day after the former world No. 1 golfer was arrested on a charge of dr…
Supreme Court tightens rules on where companies can be sued
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tightened rules on where injury lawsuits may be filed, handing a victory to corporations by undercutting the ability of plaintiffs to bring claims in friendly courts in a case involving Texas-based BNSF Rai…
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Ohio’s bid to revive voter purge policy
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear Ohio’s appeal of a lower court ruling that blocked the Republican-led state’s policy of purging people from voter-registration lists if they do not regularly cast ballots because it violated …
Suspect in fatal Portland attack yells about ‘free speech’ at hearing
PORTLAND, Oregon – (Reuters) – The suspect in a fatal stabbing spree on a Portland, Oregon, commuter train yelled remarks about “free speech” as he entered the courtroom where he was being arraigned on Tuesday on charges of attacking bystanders who int…
