Phoenix police say they caught man who killed nine in serial shootings
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 23-year-old man suspected of killing eight people over seven months in a string of serial shootings in Phoenix in 2016 is already behind bars on a murder charge for another slaying the year before, the city’s police chief said on …
Split verdict for Dewey & LeBoeuf executives in second trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan jury on Monday convicted a former top executive of the now-defunct U.S. law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf of defrauding investors while acquitting another executive, roughly 19 months after an earlier trial ended with a hung jury.
Texas House considers child welfare bill that critics say discriminates
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Republican-dominated Texas House of Representatives is set to consider this week a measure affecting adoption and other child welfare services that its sponsor says would protect faith-based groups, but critics say could a…
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…
