Former Virginia dean accuses Rolling Stone of defamation in trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – An attorney for a former associate dean of students at the University of Virginia accused Rolling Stone magazine of defaming her in a retracted 2014 story about an alleged gang rape on campus in the first day of a feder…
Kansas man sentenced for foiled plot to bomb U.S. military base
(Reuters) – A man from Topeka, Kansas, on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for helping a would-be jihadist’s unsuccessful plot to bomb a U.S. military base, prosecutors said.
Missouri man gets five years in prison for mosque, clinic fires
(Reuters) – A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to five years and three months in prison for setting a fire that destroyed a mosque and two attempted arson attacks of a Planned Parenthood clinic, prosecutors said.
Arizona execution procedures face review in U.S. court
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Phoenix will hear arguments this week about resuming executions in Arizona, where a 2014 lethal injection that took nearly two hours raised questions about the state’s death chamber protocols and the chemicals it uses to …
Lawsuit filed over student exposure to lead in Flint, Michigan, schools
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan sued the state education department and Flint schools on Tuesday, saying they had violated federal education laws by exposing students to high levels of lead in their drinking water.
Cleveland police officer pleads not guilty to negligent homicide
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio police officer charged in the death of an unarmed 18-year-old burglary suspect pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to misdemeanor negligent homicide.
Ohio sheriff says family massacre not linked to drug cartel: report
(Reuters) – Officials investigating the execution-style killings of eight family members in rural Ohio six months ago have ruled out the involvement of a Mexican drug cartel and now believe whoever committed the crimes was likely from the area, local m…
Man accused of leaving a bomb near a Colorado police dept arrested
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man who authorities say left an improvised explosive device that failed to detonate outside a small police station in Nederland, Colorado was arrested in Chicago over the weekend, law enforcement officials said.
Rights groups request U.S. probe police use of facial recognition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifty civil rights groups signed a letter asking the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday to investigate police use of facial-recognition databases, arguing the technology disproportionately affects minorities and has minimal ov…
Iran sentences two U.S. citizens to 10 years in prison
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, the latest sign of an intensif…
