Texas appeals court upholds fraud charges against state attorney general
(Reuters) – A Dallas appeals court upheld Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s three state indictments for felony fraud on Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Archived State Department briefing video deliberately cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Part of a U.S. State Department briefing video about secret U.S.-Iran nuclear talks was deliberately deleted at the request of an unknown official before it was posted to an online archive, the department said on Wednesday.
Thousands of voters in limbo after Kansas demands proof they’re American
WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) – After moving to Kansas, Tad Stricker visited a state motor vehicle office to perform what he thought was the routine task of getting a new driver’s license and registering to vote.
New England prep school St. Paul’s sued over sex case
(Reuters) – An elite New England prep school was sued on Wednesday by the family of an underage female student who was lured into a sexual encounter with a graduating upperclassman.
Man beaten and held in closet by East Cleveland police gets $22 million
(Reuters) – A jury awarded $22 million to an Ohio man who sued the city of East Cleveland and police officers after he was beaten while handcuffed and placed in a storage closet for four days, a lawyer said on Wednesday.
Minnesota trial of men accused of trying to join Islamic State goes to jury
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The case of three Somali-American men charged with attempting to join Islamic State militants in Syria and conspiring to help the group is now in the hands of a jury in Minnesota federal court, court officials said on Wednesday….
Wrestler ruled incompetent to stand trial in Pennsylvania murder
HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge ruled on Wednesday that former professional wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was mentally incompetent to stand trial for murder in the 1983 death of his girlfriend in Allentown, his lawyer said.
Starr steps down as Baylor chancellor after sex assault scandal
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former Baylor University President Kenneth Starr resigned as chancellor of the world’s largest Baptist university on Wednesday after being implicated in a report for not doing enough to probe sexual assaults by athletes.
Kansas is latest U.S. state to challenge Obama transgender directive
(Reuters) – Kansas vowed on Wednesday to sue the Obama administration over a directive telling U.S. public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identities.
Ex-officer charged in Florida shooting death of black man
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A former Florida police officer was arrested and charged on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a black musician after a grand jury found that he had used unjustified force.
