Alabama’s top judge faces ethics charges over gay-marriage order
(Reuters) – Alabama’s Supreme Court Chief Justice was suspended on Friday for ordering state probate judges not to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, despite contrary rulings by a federal court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Shots fired on University of Missouri campus: university
(Reuters) – Two gunshots were fired on University of Missouri’s flagship campus on Friday though no one was injured, the school said.
Paterno son denies new allegations about his late father in Sandusky case
(Reuters) – A son of the late Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno on Friday dismissed as “bunk” a new court document alleging his father knew that his assistant Jerry Sandusky engaged in child sexual abuse as far back as 1976.
Arizona joins rest of U.S. in adding health insurance program for children
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona’s governor signed into law on Friday a bitterly contested proposal that will restore a federal health insurance program for children from low-income families, making it the last of its 49 counterparts to join the program.
Judge leans Redstone’s way in trial over media mogul’s mental state
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Officer arrested after three killed in Washington-area shooting spree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police on Friday arrested a federal officer suspected in a two-day shooting rampage in the Washington suburbs that killed his wife and two apparent strangers and revived memories of the “Beltway sniper” attacks of 2002.
U.S. trial delayed for man accused of buying guns used by San Bernardino shooters
(Reuters) – The trial for a man accused of purchasing the assault-style rifles used by a married couple to massacre 14 people in San Bernardino, California last year has been postponed until March, a judge ruled Friday.
State education chief opts against Chicago schools takeover
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s cash-strapped public school district is not in sufficiently bad financial shape to warrant a state takeover, according to an Illinois State Board of Education staff report.
Michigan driver clinging to life after highway murder attempt
(Reuters) – A motorist was shot multiple times and critically wounded on Friday by someone in another vehicle as they drove along Interstate 94 in Detroit and Michigan police were working to identify a suspect who drove away.
Six perish in upstate New York house fire
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six people, including four children, were died on Friday when fire swept through a wood-frame house in Syracuse, New York, fire officials and local media said.
