Cosby could face multiple accusers at June assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania has been scheduled for June next year, and if prosecutors have their way, more than a dozen accusers will take the stand to detail what they claim is a decades-long pattern o…
Fed’s Williams sees ‘unsustainable tension’ on pot-related banking
RENO, Nev. (Reuters) – As more and more states legalize the use of marijuana, which is banned under U.S. federal laws, banks are facing “unsustainable tension” that needs to be resolved by Congress, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said on Tue…
Minnesota man admits to abducting, killing 11-year-old in 1989
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Minnesota man admitted in court on Tuesday to the 1989 abduction and killing of an 11-year-old boy whose remains he helped police locate last week as part of a plea agreement, authorities said.
Police, FBI dig for remains of California college student missing for 20 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police and FBI agents on Tuesday began what they called an excavation project at a central California state university campus in hopes of discovering the remains of a 19-year-old student who disappeared two decades ago.
Mylan hit with class action lawsuit over EpiPen pricing
(Reuters) – An Ohio woman on Tuesday filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc in an Ohio county court, claiming sharp price hikes for the company’s EpiPen device violated the state’s consumer protection law.
L.A. airport gunman pleads guilty to murder, other federal charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man who fatally shot a security screener and wounded three other people at a Los Angeles International Airport terminal in 2013 pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges under an agreement with prosecutors that spares him t…
Man gets 15 years for Somali cafe attack in North Dakota
(Reuters) – An American man who threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Somali restaurant in North Dakota was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday over what federal prosecutors said was an act of “hate violence.”
Dallas prosecutor resigns after battling depression
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The district attorney for Dallas County, one of the most populous in the United States, resigned on Tuesday after battling personal issues that included three lengthy visits to treatment centers for depression since taking off…
Los Angeles passenger train crash injures 21
(Reuters) – Nearly two dozen people were injured when a Metrolink commuter train carrying nearly 200 passengers crashed into a semi truck on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, fire department officials said.
EPA to shut some Oklahoma wastewater wells after quake
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will order wastewater disposal wells shut near the epicenter of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck on Saturday around Pawnee, Oklahoma, local media reported on Tuesday.
