Illinois high court ruling in Chicago pension case due on Thursday
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday will release its ruling on the constitutionality of a 2014 state law aimed at boosting funding for two of Chicago’s pension funds, according to a court spokeswoman.
Retired Pennsylvania trooper in shootout had financial, marital woes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A retired Pennsylvania state trooper who police say killed two people in an attempted robbery at a highway toll plaza before being fatally shot had struggled with financial and marital problems, court records show.
FBI probes hot-water attack on gay men in Georgia as hate crime
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The FBI has launched an investigation to determine if an attack on two gay men who were seriously burned last month when hot water was poured on them as they slept in a suburban Atlanta apartment was a hate crime, a spokesman said o…
Number of U.S. government ‘cyber incidents’ jumps in 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government was hit by more than 77,000 “cyber incidents” like data thefts or other security breaches in fiscal year 2015, a 10 percent increase over the previous year, according to a White House audit.
ACLU to Kentucky prison: Stop censoring mail on sexual orientation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday it has called on a Kentucky prison to stop censoring inmates’ mail and removing items it claims promote homosexuality.
U.S. top court weighs racketeering law’s scope in R.J. Reynolds case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether a lawsuit filed by European Union countries accusing cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds of running a global money-laundering scheme involving narcotics smuggling into Europe can m…
Ex-U.S. State Department worker gets nearly five years for ‘sextortion’
(Reuters) – A former U.S. State Department employee was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges he sent threatening emails to sexually extort dozens of young women, mainly from his computer at the U.S. embassy in L…
U.S. prosecuting fewer drug offenses: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors charged nearly 5,000 fewer drug cases in 2015 than three years earlier, after the Obama administration decided to target only the most serious cases, the Justice Department said on Monday.
USS Eisenhower resumes flight operations after accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier resumed flights of fixed-wing aircraft on Sunday, two days after a flight accident that injured eight sailors who were working on the ship’s flight deck, a Navy spokesman said.
New Jersey mall’s Easter Bunny brawls with upset parent
(Reuters) – A man employed as the Easter Bunny at a New Jersey mall brawled with a father whose child slipped to the floor while having a picture taken with the costumed character, authorities said on Monday, stunning shoppers watching the mayhem unfol…
