UCLA to launch task force and investigation into campus shooting
(Reuters) – A week after a gunman shot and killed a UCLA professor and then himself, the university has begun a security analysis of its campus and will launch a task force to ensure that lessons learned from the incident will be acted upon, a spokesma…
U.S. judge probes Uber over allegations of fraud in antitrust case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber must hand over documents to a New York judge probing whether private investigators hired by the ride-hailing company fraudulently sought information about its opponents in an antitrust case, according to a court ruling on…
U.S. airport security improves since screening lapses: DHS
(Reuters) – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is working to improve airport screening after major lapses last year, a U.S. government investigator said on Tuesday, adding that the agency has embraced oversight.
Murder convictions overturned in case of Michigan man who confessed when 14
(Reuters) – A Michigan court threw out the convictions and sentence of a man who was 14 when he pleaded guilty to a 2007 quadruple homicide in Detroit that a professional hit man later confessed to committing, prosecutors and defense attorneys said on …
Ohio State disciplines 85 veterinary students for cheating
(Reuters) – Eighty-five students have been disciplined for cheating on quizzes and tests at Ohio State University veterinary school, the university said on Tuesday.
November trial set in U.S. case against accused Charleston church shooter
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday set a Nov. 7 date for the federal trial of the white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a church in Charleston a year ago.
Oklahoma police find no evidence of McClendon suicide
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oklahoma City police said on Tuesday an inquiry found no evidence suggesting oilman Aubrey McClendon committed suicide when he died in a fiery crash in March, but acknowledged his state of mind at the time of the accident was unknow…
Five guards at NYC’s Rikers Island convicted in inmate beating
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five correction officers at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex were convicted on Tuesday in the 2012 beating of an inmate that left him with fractured eye sockets and a broken nose, city officials said.
Virginia school board to seek review of transgender ruling
(Reuters) – A Virginia school board will ask the Supreme Court to review a court ruling that gave a transgender high school student access to the bathroom of his gender identity, the panel said on Tuesday.
Former NASA astronaut charged with murder in Alabama traffic deaths
(Reuters) – A retired NASA astronaut was free on bail on Tuesday after being charged with two counts of murder in connection with a traffic crash that killed two girls near Tuscaloosa, Alabama this week.
