Lawyers working at Guantanamo sue Pentagon over cancer risk
(Reuters) – Four lawyers who work at the Guantanamo Bay prison on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Defense, claiming it has exposed them to elevated risks of cancer and other health problems by forcing them to work in contaminated areas.
One killed, four injured in explosion at U.S. Army plant in Missouri
(Reuters) – One employee was killed and four others were injured in an explosion at a U.S. Army ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri, on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the Joint Munitions Command said.
New York rolling out free tuition plan for many students
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sotiris Charalampous spent the past two years juggling school and work in an effort to save enough money to pay for his college tuition.
Florida prosecutor sues governor to remain on murder cases
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida state prosecutor removed from 23 murder cases by Governor Rick Scott for refusing to consider the death penalty on Tuesday filed federal and state lawsuits seeking to reverse his order as unconstitutional.
Zenefits fined by NY regulator for unlicensed insurance sales
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Health benefits broker Zenefits was fined $1.2 million with New York’s financial services regulator on Tuesday for letting unlicensed employees solicit, negotiate and sell insurance policies, the latest regulatory blow for the soft…
Three shot near Tennessee auto parts plant: police
(Reuters) – Three people were shot, one fatally, in the parking lot of an auto parts manufacturing plant in northern Tennessee on Tuesday morning in what police said appeared to be a domestic violence incident.
Sessions visits U.S.-Mexico border to push migrant crackdown
Nogales, Ariz. (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to make his case for increased prosecutions of illegal immigrants, pressuring U.S. attorneys to prioritize cases against criminal migrants.
New Hampshire top court upholds ban on ‘Animal House’ fraternity
BOSTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire’s top court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision banning the fraternity that inspired the movie “Animal House” from living in its house near Dartmouth College campus after the school decertified the group for bran…
Police probe motives behind fatal San Bernardino classroom shooting
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Relatives of a school teacher shot dead by her husband in a San Bernardino, California, classroom have told investigators the slaying capped a brief, turbulent marriage and breakup marked by accusations of infidelity …
Spanish man given 23 years jail for U.S. pilgrim murder
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish man was sentenced to 23 years in jail on Tuesday for the murder of U.S. tourist Denise Pikka Thiem as she walked the Camino de Santiago pilgrim route in northwest Spain in 2015.
