Maryland court orders officer to testify in Freddie Gray case
(Reuters) – Maryland’s high court on Tuesday ordered a Baltimore police officer to testify against five colleagues also charged in the death last year of Freddie Gray, a black man whose death triggered protests and rioting.
U.N. torture envoy appeals again for visit to U.S. prisons
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. torture investigator urged the United States on Tuesday to allow his long-sought visit to all places of detention in the country and to reform the widespread use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement affecting tens…
Not just for hitmen: Gun industry wants looser rules on silencers
FAIRFAX, Va. (Reuters) – The U.S. gun industry is trying to shake off the Hollywood hitman image of the gun silencer and rebrand it as a hearing-protection device in a campaign to roll back regulations that date to the 1930s.
FCC unveils proposal for $9.25/month low-income broadband subsidy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission circulated Tuesday a final proposal seeking approval for a $9.25 monthly subsidy for low-income Americans to get broadband Internet access.
Jury awards Erin Andrews $55 million in lawsuit over nude video
(Reuters) – A jury on Monday found a Nashville hotel liable for a nude video of sportscaster Erin Andrews that went viral and awarded her $55 million in damages to be paid by the hotel and the man who shot the video.
Suspected Indiana serial killer faces new murder charges: reports
(Reuters) – A serial killer suspect facing trial for two murders in Indiana now faces charges in the deaths of five more women, according to media reports.
U.S. women push back against stigma, cost of menstruation
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (Reuters) – Sixteen-year-old Emma Joy and her younger sister Quinn recently spent an evening stuffing bags with a full year’s supply of tampons or sanitary pads for women who often miss work or school because they cannot afford menst…
U.S. women push back against stigma, cost of menstruation
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (Reuters) – Sixteen-year-old Emma Joy and her younger sister Quinn recently spent an evening stuffing bags with a full year’s supply of tampons or sanitary pads for women who often miss work or school because they cannot afford menst…
San Francisco commuter train derails, 14 injured
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Fourteen people were hurt, four seriously, when a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train derailed on Monday night after hitting a downed tree on the tracks, sending one of the train cars into a creek, fire and rail officials sa…
Items from late comedian Joan Rivers’ New York home up for auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Fans of the late Joan Rivers will have the chance to buy items from the acerbic comedian’s New York home at an auction later this year, auctioneers Christie’s said on Tuesday.
