Chicago police department struggles with officer suicide
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Rookie Chicago police officer Scott Tracz sat in a black sports car outside his girlfriend’s suburban house late last year, put his gun to his head and fatally shot himself.
Red Sox ban fan from Fenway for racist taunt
(Reuters) – The Boston Red Sox have banned a fan for life after he used a racial slur during a game on Tuesday at Fenway Park, team president Sam Kennedy has said.
Anti-abortion activists seek dismissal of California privacy case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Lawyers for two anti-abortion activists who secretly filmed a conference of abortion providers while pretending to work for a fetal-tissue procurement company asked a California judge on Wednesday to dismiss eavesdropping char…
Texas legislature approves measure against ‘sanctuary cities’
(Reuters) – The Republican-dominated Texas Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to punish so-called “sanctuary cities” that limit their cooperation with federal immigration agents, sending the measure to the governor who in a post on Twitter vowed to si…
Tony Alamo, Christian preacher convicted of child abuse, dies at 82 -reports
(Reuters) – Tony Alamo, a disgraced Christian preacher who closely controlled the lives of his followers in several states and who was convicted in 2009 of sexually abusing children, has died in prison at age 82, according to media reports.
El Salvador eyes tracking U.S. deportees to curb gangs
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador proposed new measures on Wednesday to track criminal deportees from the United States as part of a bid to keep violent street gangs known as “Maras” from expanding as U.S. President Donald Trump vows to kick them ou…
Tennessee, Iowa close to banning abortions after 20 weeks
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) – Two U.S. states drew closer on Wednesday to legislating tougher restrictions on abortion with both Iowa and Tennessee seeking governors’ signatures that would ban the procedure after 20 weeks.
SEC loses appeal in case challenging administrative law judges
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s request that it reconsider a ruling holding that its in-house administrative judges are not constitutionally appointed.
U.S. Navy to delay contract for planned frigate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy has decided to delay by a year until fiscal 2020 the awarding of a design and construction contract for a planned new frigate, according to congressional testimony on Wednesday by two Navy rear admirals.
Massachusetts man gets two years in prison for ‘Kung Fu Panda’ fraud
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison after being convicted of trying to defraud DreamWorks Animation through a bogus copyright lawsuit claiming it stole the characters and story from him for its film …
