Polish government says will extradite Polanski to U.S. if wins court approval
WARSAW/KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – Poland intends to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction if the supreme court approves the move, the justice minister said on Wednesday, in a new twist to a decades-lon…
Court denies motion to reconsider transgender bathroom ruling
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied a motion to reconsider its ruling that gave a Virginia transgender high school student access to the bathroom of his gender identity.
Criminal charges possible in killing of Cincinnati gorilla
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – The parents of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure in Cincinnati, prompting the killing of the endangered animal in order to rescue the child, are the target of an investigation into the incident, police said on Tu…
General Mills recalls flour over possible link to E.coli outbreak
(Reuters) – General Mills Inc on Tuesday issued a voluntary recall of about 10 million pounds of flour, saying it was working with health officials to investigate an outbreak of E. coli that had sickened 38 people in 20 U.S. states.
Former Oklahoma reserve deputy sentenced to four years for manslaughter
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A former Oklahoma reserve deputy convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man being subdued by regular deputies last year was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison for second-degree manslaughter.
Evacuations ordered as Texas’ flooded Brazos River tops record
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Record flooding along the swollen Brazos River in Texas on Tuesday prompted mandatory evacuations after at least six people died in the worst floods in more than 100 years.
N.Y. Mets owners reach revised deal with Madoff trustee
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The owners of the New York Mets baseball team have reached a revised agreement with the trustee seeking to recoup money for the victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraud that gives them more time to pay up to $61 million, the parties annou…
September 11 suspect asks that U.S. judge step down, cites evidence destruction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military judge overseeing the trial of the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks should step down and the case should be scrapped because he effectively conspired with prosecutors to destroy evidence, defense lawyer…
Prosecutors sue to recover life insurance held by San Bernardino shooter
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action on Tuesday seeking to seize the proceeds of two life insurance policies held by Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, …
Judge ‘inclined’ to make Arizona county pay racial profiling victims
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday said he was inclined to order an Arizona county to pay restitution to hundreds of Latino drivers who were illegally stopped and detained by deputies working for Phoenix area Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
