Plains All American Pipeline indicted in Santa Barbara oil spill
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Houston-based pipeline company has been indicted in California on 46 criminal charges stemming from a major oil spill last year that forced beach closures and fouled miles of shoreline near Santa Barbara, prosecutors said on T…
Pfizer ban on lethal drug sales complicates executions in 20 states
(Reuters) – More than 20 U.S. states that use a combination of drugs to carry out lethal injections will find it harder to conduct executions due to Pfizer’s ban on sales of its chemicals, but the move will have little impact on the handful that rely o…
Violinist Itzhak Perlman scraps N.C. concert over ‘discriminatory’ law
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman on Tuesday became the latest entertainer to cancel a performance in North Carolina to protest against the state’s law requiring transgender people to use public bathrooms that match thei…
Texas grand jury does not indict officer who fatally shot naked teen
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas grand jury has decided not to bring charges against an Austin police officer who fatally shot an unarmed and naked teenage male in February, a local prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Former Connecticut gun executive sentenced to probation, fine
(Reuters) – The former owner of a Connecticut gun manufacturer was sentenced on Tuesday to serve two years probation and pay a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty in federal court to having unregistered machine guns and machine-gun components at his Ne…
Detroit OKs $5 million contract for police body and vehicle cameras
(Reuters) – Detroit on Tuesday approved a $5.2 million contract to equip its police department with body and vehicle cameras in a move to make the department more transparent, city officials said.
Texas man’s murder conviction dropped; released after 19 years
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man jailed for about 19 years on a murder conviction was freed from prison on Tuesday after compelling evidence came to light indicating that he did not commit the crime, officials said.
Justice Department reviews South Carolina city’s police after driver’s shooting
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department, aiming to reduce tension between black residents and a mostly white police force, on Tuesday launched a review of the police department in the South Carolina city where a white officer fat…
Suspect in presumed murder of missing Washington state couple arrested in San Diego
(Reuters) – One of two brothers wanted as murder suspects in the presumed slaying of a missing Washington state couple has been arrested by U.S. marshals in California, but the second fugitive remains at large, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Appeals court delays release of NJ’s ‘Bridgegate’ co-conspirators list
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday postponed a deadline for prosecutors in New Jersey to reveal a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the so-called “Bridgegate” criminal case involving allies of Governor Chris Christie.
