San Francisco public defender releases racist police texts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Racist and homophobic text messages sent by a San Francisco police officer were released by the city’s public defender on Tuesday, in the second scandal in a year over slur-filled messages linked to local police.
Man fleeing robbery jumps fence near White House: Secret Service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man fleeing a nearby robbery jumped the fence of a building next to the White House on Tuesday afternoon and was taken into custody by the Secret Service, the agency said in a statement.
Bill Cosby takes legal hits in abuse cases on both U.S. coasts
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Courts on both U.S. coasts dealt setbacks to Bill Cosby’s legal team on Tuesday, as the comedian kept trying to fend off lawsuits over allegations that he has sexually abused women for decades.
FBI decides provisionally not to share iPhone unlock: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has provisionally decided not to share an iPhone unlocking mechanism used by a contractor to open the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters because the agency does not own the mechanism, two U.S. government sources …
Pentagon aims to curb tobacco use by military: memo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has issued new policy guidelines aimed at curbing tobacco use within America’s military that include raising the prices of tobacco on military bases to match local market prices.
White House urges Congress to move on Zika funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior Obama administration officials wrote congressional leaders on Tuesday to urge legislation be passed to fund the fight against the Zika virus, as concerns mount the United States will soon face locally transmitted cases…
Estonian sentenced in U.S. to seven years in prison for cyber fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Estonian man who authorities said ran a cyber criminal enterprise that infected more than four million computers worldwide with malware to carry out a lucrative click fraud scheme was sentenced by a U.S. judge on Tuesday to 7-1/…
Stanford climate activists slam university over fossil fuel vote
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Stanford University’s announcement on Monday that it will not rid its $22 billion endowment of oil and gas companies has raised the ire of campus climate activists, who said on Tuesday they will protest the decision.
Texas inmate dies, still on death row after long, futile freedom campaign
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man who spent about 35 years on death row in Texas claiming he was innocent has died of natural causes at age 60, prison officials said on Tuesday, after decades of campaigning by anti-death penalty activists failed to have …
Rights groups appeal ruling upholding North Carolina voter ID law
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Civil rights groups and churches opposed to sweeping changes to North Carolina’s election rules said on Tuesday they would ask an appeals court for a reversal after a federal judge upheld provisions they argue will suppr…
