First of 37 defendants in Baruch College fatal hazing case pleads guilty
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The first of 37 defendants in a 2013 fraternity hazing death of a Baruch College student in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains to go on trial pleaded guilty Tuesday in Monroe County Court of Common Pleas in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Female athletes sue famed U.S. sports doctor for sexual assault
(Reuters) – Eighteen female athletes on Tuesday sued a sports doctor to Olympian gymnasts, saying he sexually assaulted them under the guise of medical examinations over two decades when most of them were minors.
New York man gets 13 years prison for trying to join al Qaeda
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 years in prison for trying to join the Islamic militant group al Qaeda when he was a high school senior.
Clinton, other former top diplomats mark new diplomacy center
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four current and former U.S. secretaries of state, including Hillary Clinton, gathered at the State Department on Tuesday to mark the ceremonial opening of a museum on American diplomacy.
Oklahoma woman gets life in prison for killing four at parade
(Reuters) – A woman was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after she pleaded no contest to charges she killed four people and injured some 40 others by plowing her car into a crowd at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade, court documents showed.
Christie to battle New Jersey’s drug abuse problem in last year as governor
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, trying to redeem himself at home and nationally after a scandal-tarred 2016, said on Tuesday he will make tackling New Jersey’s spiraling drug-abuse epidemic the focus of his last year in office.
San Bernardino gunman’s brother pleads guilty to immigration fraud
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The brother of the man who with his wife killed 14 people in a shooting rampage at a government building in San Bernardino, California, pleaded guilty to immigration fraud on Tuesday in connection with his sister-in-law’s marria…
FBI looks for source of ‘robocall’ bomb threats to Jewish centers
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A wave of telephone bomb threats to 16 Jewish community centers in nine U.S. states may have originated from the same number and been placed by at least one individual and an automated calling system, security officials …
U.S. prosecutors plan corruption retrial for ex-Los Angeles county sheriff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have decided to retry former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges that left a jury deadlocked last month, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney said on Tuesday.
Arizona man goes on trial for helping student join Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man went on trial on Tuesday on charges that he provided support to Islamic State by helping a New York college student travel to Syria, where he died fighting for the militants.
