Arizona mom pleads not guilty to fatally stabbing three young sons
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona mother pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder charges in the fatal stabbing of her three young sons, whose bodies were found stashed in a closet where she lived, court officials said.
Lawsuit by Newtown massacre families is overreach, gunmaker says
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – The maker of the assault rifle used to kill 26 children and educators at a Connecticut school in 2012 argued on Monday that attempts to limit the sale of such weapons to civilians are best left to lawmakers and not familie…
Supreme Court rules for R.J. Reynolds in racketeering case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the scope of federal racketeering law, handing R.J. Reynolds a victory in its effort to fend off a lawsuit by European Union nations accusing the cigarette maker of running a global money-…
Supreme Court backs police in Utah drug search case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday widened the ability of prosecutors to use evidence obtained by police during an unlawful stop against a defendant in court in a case involving a Utah man who a narcotics detective found carrying i…
Closing arguments wrap up in Baltimore cop’s trial over Freddie Gray death
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The Baltimore police officer being tried for murder in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray failed to ensure his safety and should have called for medical aid, a prosecutor contended during the trial’s closing arguments on Mon…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state assault weapon bans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place gun control laws in New York and Connecticut that ban military-style assault weapons like the one used in last week’s massacre at an Orlando nightclub, rejecting a legal challenge by…
Supreme Court agrees to hear immigrant detention dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether immigrants detained for more than six months by the U.S. government while deportation proceedings take place are eligible for a hearing in which they can argue for their r…
Texas ‘affluenza’ mom has curfew eased: lawyer
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of the Texas “affluenza” teenager had her curfew eased, her attorney said on Monday, in her first court appearance since being charged by a grand jury last month with helping her son flee to Mexico.
Orlando gunman told 911 he was strapping explosive vests to hostages: transcripts
(Reuters) – The gunman who killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub called 911 dispatchers during the rampage to say he planned to put four explosive vests on hostages and that he wanted the U.S. military to stop bombing Syria and Iraq, according to tra…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to patent review process
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Cuozzo Speed Technologies Corp in its challenge to a federal agency’s procedures for canceling patents in a case involving a vehicle speedometer that tells drivers when they are spee…
