Ex-detainees say CIA used makeshift electric chair in secret Afghan prison: rights group
(Reuters) – Two Tunisian men who spent 12 years in U.S. custody in Afghanistan said CIA interrogators tortured them using previously unreported techniques that included threatening them with a makeshift electric chair and beating them with batons so br…
U.S. appeals court sides against Pence in Syrian refugee case
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the Republican nominee for U.S. vice president, lost another round in federal court on Monday in his bid to keep refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war from resettling in his state.
U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to rehear a bid to revive President Barack Obama’s plan to spare from deportation millions of immigrants in the country illegally, a case in which the justices split 4-4 in June.
L.A. police chief says suspect shot by officers was holding gun
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An 18-year-old black man who was shot to death by Los Angeles police over the weekend was fleeing from a suspected stolen car and had turned toward officers with a gun in his hand before they opened fire on him, the city’s polic…
Maryland man charged with plotting to kill on behalf of Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Bangladeshi citizen who lives in Maryland has been charged with plotting to kill a member of the U.S. military on behalf of Islamic State, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
U.S. judge says racecar driver, others owe $1.27 billion in payday case
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Nevada said professional racecar driver Scott Tucker and several of his companies owe $1.27 billion to the Federal Trade Commission after systematically deceiving payday lending customers about the cost of their loans.
U.S. Supreme Court begins new term, still shorthanded
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday in low-key fashion, still down a justice for the foreseeable future because of the Republican-led Senate’s refusal to act on President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace late Ju…
Connecticut top court overturns $12 million verdict against U.S. Boy Scouts
(Reuters) – Connecticut’s Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court’s 2014 decision to award $12 million to a former Boy Scout who alleged he was sexually assaulted by an older scout in the 1970s and ordered a new trial.
Detroit defeats pensioners’ appeal over bankruptcy cuts
(Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Monday rejected claims by Detroit retirees that their pensions were unfairly cut to help the city end the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy.
Cantor Fitzgerald affiliate pays $16.5 million to end U.S. gambling probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An affiliate of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald has agreed to pay $16.5 million to resolve a criminal investigation into its past involvement with illegal gambling and money laundering schemes, U.S. prosecutors said on Mo…
