Ex-NFL star’s death underscores Massachusetts inmate suicide problem
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The prison suicide of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez stunned football fans on Wednesday but for inmate advocates it was the latest evidence of a deep-rooted problem – the high rate of prison suicides in the…
Canada police charge woman for smuggling asylum-seekers from U.S.
TORONTO/WINNIPEG (Reuters) – Canadian police on Wednesday said they charged a woman with human smuggling offences in connection with the asylum seekers who have been streaming over the border from the United States in growing numbers in recent months.
Ex-drug executive Shkreli wins separate fraud trial
(Reuters) – Martin Shkreli, the former drug company executive who drew public outcry when he raised the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000 percent, will be tried for securities fraud separately from a lawyer charged alongside him, a Brooklyn federal …
Initial rulings in Chicago schools’ funding lawsuit due April 28
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois judge said on Wednesday he will rule later this month on whether to temporarily halt how the state distributes funds for public schools after lawyers for Chicago’s cash-strapped school system argued the current funding formula is racially discriminatory.
Last stand: Nebraska farmers could derail Keystone XL pipeline
Neligh, NEBRASKA (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump handed TransCanada Pipeline Co. a permit for its Keystone XL pipeline last month, he said the company could now build the long-delayed and divisive project “with efficiency and with speed.”
Ohio man admits soliciting murder of U.S. military members
(Reuters) – An Ohio man who professed support for the Islamic State militant group has pleaded guilty to soliciting the murder of U.S. military personnel, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
U.S. high court says Colorado must refund exonerated defendants
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Colorado law that allowed the state to keep fees and restitution paid by criminal defendants even when their convictions are overturned, calling it an unconstitutional violation of their rig…
Two inmates claiming innocence try to stop Arkansas executions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Arkansas plans to carry out its first executions in a dozen years on Thursday by killing two inmates who claim they are innocent and have launched last-minute appeals to have their lives spared.
Trump to hold news conference next week on U.S. veterans issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will hold a news conference on April 27 to discuss veterans issues, as he tries to elevate an issue he campaigned on heavily last year.
Trump to host Palestinian President Abbas on May 3: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on May 3, the White House said on Wednesday.
