U.S. executives urge repeal of Mississippi law opposed by gays
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state law that allows businesses to deny wedding services to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
Tennessee bill would allow counselors to deny service based on religion
(Reuters) – The Tennessee House passed a bill on Wednesday allowing mental health counselors to refuse service to patients on religious grounds, the latest in a list of U.S. state measures that gay rights activists have criticized as discriminating aga…
University of Missouri head must support students: student leader
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Reuters) – The University of Missouri student whose allegations of racial abuse on campus partly led to the school president’s resignation last year told a public forum on Wednesday that the university’s next leader must support its stud…
Texas prosecutors call ‘Bernie’ movie mortician a conniving killer
(Reuters) – A former mortician convicted of killing a wealthy Texas widow and hiding her body in a freezer was described by prosecutors as a greedy con artist in opening statements of a re-sentencing trial on Wednesday, a crime that inspired the 2011 m…
California officials seize computers, footage from anti-abortion activist
(Reuters) – California Department of Justice agents have raided the home of David Daleiden, the anti-abortion activist who targeted women’s healthcare group Planned Parenthood with a series of undercover videos, his attorney said on Wednesday.
Virginia attorney general to seek exoneration of man imprisoned for murder
(Reuters) – Virginia’s attorney general will seek to help exonerate a man imprisoned for a 1982 murder and rape after DNA evidence showed another man committed the crime.
Former U.S. coal CEO gets year in prison for blast that killed 29
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Reuters) – Former Massey Energy Chief Executive Don Blankenship was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $250,000 on Wednesday for his role in a 2010 West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 workers.
Honda says new Takata air bag death reported in Texas
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – A 17-year-old driver of a recalled 2002 Honda Civic was killed last month after a Takata Corp air bag ruptured during a rear-end crash, Honda Motor Co and U.S. regulators said on Wednesday, the 10th U.S. death linked to a…
Teacher in Newtown, Connecticut, charged with bringing gun to school
(Reuters) – A middle school teacher in Newtown, Connecticut, the site of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with bringing a firearm into the town’s middle school, police said.
Yosemite offers reward for return of historic Ahwahnee Hotel sign
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Yosemite National Park on Wednesday offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of a sign for the historic Ahwahnee Hotel, which was stolen earlier this year during a still-raging legal battle over park trade…
