New Jersey ‘Bridgegate’ defendant says he was duped
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – After days of complaints about traffic jams at a major New York bridge in 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s associate demanded to know if lane closures were political retribution, he testified on Monday.
New survey finds more U.S. cities protecting LGBTQ rights
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sixty U.S. cities earned perfect scores on a nationwide ranking of protections for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) people, despite an array of anti-gay efforts by state governments, the Human R…
Kansas trio pleads not guilty in plot to bomb apartment, mosque
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment building in western Kansas where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque pleaded not guilty on Monday but remained in jail, prosecutors said.
Head of U.S. police chiefs’ group apologizes to ‘communities of color’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The president of an organization representing U.S. and international police officials apologized on Monday for the role law enforcement has played in “society’s historical mistreatment of communities of color.”
Former Arkansas judge indicted for linking sentences to sex favors
(Reuters) – A former Arkansas judge has been indicted on federal bribery, wire fraud and witness tampering charges on suspicion of returning light punishments against defendants who provided him with sexual favors, a court document unsealed on Monday s…
White House report outlines push to bolster cancer research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to speed the develop of cancer treatments has made some important strides such as increased information sharing among researchers but still faces challenges in many ar…
Jury seated for trial over debunked Rolling Stone rape story
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – A jury of eight women and two men was chosen on Monday to hear a $7.9 million defamation lawsuit brought by a former University of Virginia official against Rolling Stone magazine over a debunked story that recounted an…
Retired U.S. general pleads guilty to lying to FBI in ‘Stuxnet’ leak case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Marine Corps general who last served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pleaded guilty on Monday in a federal court to making false statements to the FBI during an investigation into leaks of classified …
Mismanagement cost NY pension $3.8 billion over eight years: regulator
(Reuters) – Bets on expensive but poorly performing hedge funds have cost pensioners in New York $3.8 billion in the last eight years, according to a report published by the state’s financial regulator on Monday.
Penn State denies retaliation against witness in Sandusky case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Mike McQueary lost his job on Penn State’s football staff due to his own shortcomings and public revulsion that he failed to stop former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky from molesting a boy and not in retaliation for testifyi…
