Children of man killed by Ohio college police officer each get $218,000 in settlement: report
(Reuters) – The 13 children of a black man killed by a University of Cincinnati police officer during a traffic stop will each receive about $218,000 plus free college tuition under a roughly $5 million settlement, local media reported on Monday.
Canadian-Iranian citizen sentenced in U.S. for violating Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Canadian-Iranian dual citizen was sentenced in the United States to three years in prison for violating sanctions against Iran, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Oklahoma bill cracks down on sex crimes with passed-out victims
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma bill to ensure sex crimes do not go unpunished because victims were unconscious or intoxicated when they occurred headed to the governor on Monday after receiving strong support in the Republican-dominated legislat…
Supreme Court rules for black Georgia death row inmate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday effectively overturned a black man’s 1987 conviction for murdering a white woman, rebuking Georgia prosecutors for unlawfully excluding black potential jurors in picking an all-white jury that con…
Baltimore police officer acquitted in Freddie Gray death
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore police officer Edward Nero was acquitted on Monday of all charges in the 2015 death of black detainee Freddie Gray, the second setback for prosecutors in a case that triggered rioting and fueled the Black Lives Matter mo…
Judge halts Ohio law that blocked funds for Planned Parenthood
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A federal judge in Cincinnati temporarily blocked the implementation of a state law that would have effectively de-funded 28 Ohio Planned Parenthood clinics, in a ruling on Monday.
On Ivy League campuses, military brass find a warmer welcome
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) – As a young chemistry professor at Yale University in 1969, Gary Haller voted to boot the U.S. military’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program off the Ivy League school’s Connecticut campus.
Texas teen guilty in murder of Iraqi who had just arrived in U.S.
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas teenager was found guilty on Monday of murdering an Iraqi man who had just arrived in the United States and was shot as he took family pictures in an apartment parking lot last year.
U.S. justices rule against Virginia Republicans in black voters case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that Virginia’s Republican-led legislature unlawfully considered race when drawing U.S. congressional districts by packing black voters into one in a move opponents said …
Sanders rejects deal on Puerto Rico, offers alternative
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday rejected a bipartisan deal reached in the House of Representatives on legislation to address Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, calling it a concession to Wall S…
