Judge in Redstone hearing urges attorneys to reach agreements
CANTON, Mass. (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Friday told attorneys to see if they could agree to resolve at least parts of a lingering family dispute over the fate of the empire built by Sumner Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc …
Judge keeps in place California law allowing physician-assisted suicide
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) – A California judge on Friday refused to suspend a new state law allowing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, citing the need to protect them from pain, but he allowed a legal challenge to proceed.
Devastating bird flu strain found in U.S. wild duck – USDA
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
U.S. public universities turning to private sector to meet campus needs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. public universities are increasingly turning to public-private partnerships to develop student housing and other campus projects, sometimes using the structure to transfer borrowing and liability risks to the private sector.
Two plead guilty in 2014 armed standoff at Bundy ranch in Nevada
(Reuters) – Two men charged along with rancher Cliven Bundy in an armed standoff with federal agents in Nevada in 2014 have pleaded guilty, the first time any of the 19 defendants has agreed to forgo trial and admit wrongdoing.
Cuba says U.S. commercial flights welcome
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba said on Friday it was ready to receive U.S. commercial flights beginning next week and that it viewed their renewal after being suspended in 1961 as another positive step in a growing detente.
Popping balloons trigger stampede at Florida mall; nine hurt
(Reuters) – Popping balloons during a fire inspection at a Florida mall panicked shoppers who mistook them for gunfire, triggering a stampede in which nine people were hurt, authorities said on Friday.
Long-time Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio faces tough re-election bid
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio has long battled controversy over his tough stance on illegal immigration but may now face his toughest test as he seeks a seventh term as sheriff of the state’s most populous county.
Man in boxer shorts jumps fence, crashes pickup into plane: Omaha police
(Reuters) – A man was arrested after he stripped down to his boxer shorts, scaled a fence and rammed a pickup truck into a Southwest airplane parked at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, on Thursday, police said.
Judge in Stanford rape case will stop hearing criminal cases
(Reuters) – The judge who gave a six-month jail term to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious young woman will stop hearing criminal cases, a court official said on Thursday, after a firestorm of criticism…
