Nevada case pitting U.S. against ranchers goes to jury
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A Nevada jury on Thursday began deliberating the fate of six armed supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy in a tense 2014 standoff with federal agents that drew hundreds of protesters and made headlines worldwide.
Mexico to extradite accused gunman to U.S. for ‘Fast and Furious’ slaying
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government’s ill-fated “Fast and Furious” gun-runni…
United States’ first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River
(Reuters) – A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a U.S. judge was found dead in New York’s Hudson River on Wednesday, police said.
Nevada case that pitted U.S. against ranchers wrapping up in closing arguments
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Six followers of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy used “armed force, threats and intimidation” against federal law enforcement officers during a tense 2014 standoff, prosecutors said, wrapping up their conspiracy case against the men o…
U.S. government sued over plan to kill cougars and bears in Colorado
(Reuters) – Wildlife conservation groups sued the U.S. government on Wednesday seeking to halt a plan to trap and kill as many as 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in a bid to stem declines in populations of mule deer favored by hunters.
Denver to pay $1 million to family of girl, 17, slain by police
DENVER (Reuters) – The city of Denver will pay $1 million to the family of a teenage girl who police shot to death two years ago as she sat behind the wheel of a stolen car, both sides said on Wednesday.
Florida police officer arrested in shooting of unarmed black man
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Prosecutors charged a Florida police officer on Wednesday in the shooting last July of an unarmed black man who was seen on cellphone video lying in a street with his hands in the air at the time he was shot in the leg…
Suspect charged in Illinois judge’s murder; not believed to have acted alone
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of an Illinois judge shot outside his home on Chicago’s South Side this week in what police believe was a targeted robbery, officials said on Wednesday.
Two Illinois men charged with conspiring to aid Islamic State
(Reuters) – Two Illinois men were arrested on Wednesday on charges they conspired to help Islamic State, with one suspect saying he wanted to see the jihadist group’s flag over the White House, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Seattle ‘duck boat’ reported problems days before crash: lawyer
SEATTLE (Reuters) – One of the drivers of an amphibious “duck boat” that collided with a bus in Seattle in 2015, killing five international students, told mechanics days earlier there was something wrong with the craft, a plaintiff’s attorney said on W…
