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.
Six injured at J.M. Stuart power plant at Aberdeen, Ohio: company
(Reuters) – Six people were injured at Dayton Power & Light’s J.M. Stuart power plant in Aberdeen, Ohio, on Tuesday and the facility was evacuated, the company said.
U.S. top court puts North Carolina voting districts ruling on hold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court’s ruling requiring North Carolina to immediately redraw state legislative districts found to have been be mapped out in a way that crammed black voters into a limited nu…
Police offer $100,000 reward in hunt for suspect in killing of Florida officer
(Reuters) – Authorities offered a $100,000 reward on Tuesday for information leading to the capture of the man suspected in the fatal shooting of a policewoman in Orlando, Florida.
California Governor Brown proposes $179.5 billion state budget
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday proposed a $179.5 billion state budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, a 5 percent increase over this year, but warned that the state must remain fiscally prudent ahead of an inevitable economic dow…
U.S. top court grapples with validity of credit card surcharge law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled over how to decide a challenge to a state law barring retailers from charging more to buy with credit instead of cash, debating whether it merely regulates prices or violates merchants’…
With Trump, fight to end U.S. abortion rights gathers steam
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The battle to restrict abortion in the United States, heating up with the election of Donald Trump as president and a conservative Congress, will be waged from the nation’s highest court down to state legislature…
Wal-Mart owes pharmacist $16.08 million for gender bias, sum may drop
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $16.08 million to a former New Hampshire pharmacist in a gender bias case, but the amount is only about half what a jury awarded and may fall substantially further.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez’s tattoos may be shown at murder trial: judge
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez’s tattoos may be shown as evidence at his upcoming double-murder trial because they appear to refer to the killings at issue, a Massachusetts judge ruled.
