Oklahoma bungled drugs used in executions: grand jury report
(Reuters) – An Oklahoma grand jury looking into the state’s troubled executions said in a report released on Thursday that jail staff did not verify what drugs they were using for lethal injections and were unaware when the wrong drugs were administere…
Cinemark theater chain not liable in 2012 Colorado movie massacre
DENVER (Reuters) – The owners of a Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people during the screening of a Batman film in 2012 are not liable for the mass shooting, a jury ruled on Thursday, in the first civil lawsuit stemming from the inciden…
Bipartisan Puerto Rico crisis bill introduced, debt looms
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Thursday began coalescing around revised bipartisan legislation to help address Puerto Rico’s unpayable debt burden, which now threatens a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
Two charged in murders of six members of Chicago family
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A relative has been charged in the stabbing and shooting deaths of six people from one family in Chicago in February, police said on Thursday.
Phoenix police officer shot by suspect dies of gunshot wounds
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A Phoenix police officer died on Thursday of wounds he sustained while exchanging gunfire with a burglary suspect, authorities said.
Jury weighs sentence for Cleveland man convicted of murdering three women
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio jury on Thursday began deliberating whether a Cleveland man convicted of murdering three women and wrapping their bodies in plastic to disguise them as trash deserves life in prison or the death penalty.
U.S. judge upholds Virginia’s voter ID law
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Thursday upheld a 2013 Virginia law requiring prospective voters to show an approved photo identification before they cast their ballots.
Ex-U.S. House Speaker Hastert to report to prison June 22: judge
(Reuters) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, once one of the country’s most powerful politicians, will report to a federal prison next month for a financial crime linked to sexual abuse of wrestlers he coached decades ago, a federal judge said…
Chelsea Manning seeks to overturn WikiLeaks court-martial conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the U.S. soldier imprisoned for handing over classified files to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, has appealed to an Army court to overturn her court-martial conviction, a court filing released on Thursday said.
Grammar fail, or do Texas Republicans believe most Texans are gay?
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas-based LGBT advocacy helped spark a grammar debate this week over whether an errant comma in the stridently anti-homosexual Republican Party of Texas platform can be read as saying the majority of Texans are gay.
