South Carolina teenager charged with copying nude photos of teacher
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A 16-year-old South Carolina high school student was arrested on Friday on charges that he had distributed nude photos of a teacher that he copied surreptitiously from her cellphone, authorities said.
New York man’s award for wrongful rape conviction cut to $12 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday reduced to $12 million from $18 million the maximum that New York City must pay a man who spent more than two decades in prison before being cleared of a rape he did not commit.
Harvard Law panel seeks to scrap official seal tied to slave owners
(Reuters) – A Harvard Law School committee on Friday recommended scrapping its official seal because it features the crest of a slave-owning family that helped endow the oldest U.S. university, saying it is an offensive symbol of a racist past.
Questions remain after Bobbi Kristina Brown’s cause of death revealed
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Bobbi Kristina Brown’s autopsy shows evidence of recent cocaine use by the daughter of Whitney Houston before she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home last year, but a medical examiner’s office said on Friday it could not…
Noted tennis journalist Bud Collins dies aged 86
(Reuters) – Hall of Fame tennis writer and TV commentator Bud Collins, who helped popularize the sport during his decades-long career, died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts on Friday after a long illness. He was 86.
Ferguson, Missouri, close to choosing new police chief
(Reuters) – Ferguson, Missouri, the site of violent protests after a white officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in 2014, said on Friday it had narrowed its search for a new police chief to four candidates and would name its choice in April…
Maryland teacher assistant pleads not guilty to child porn charges
BELTSVILLE, Md. (Reuters) – A Maryland teaching assistant accused of filming sex videos of children at an elementary school pleaded not guilty on Friday to 13 federal child pornography charges.
Arkansas woman sentenced to five years after biting off boyfriend’s eyebrow
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for slicing open her ex-boyfriend’s hand with a knife and biting off one of his eyebrows when he tried to break off the relationship, law enforcement authorities…
Pentagon chief eyes reforms to U.S. military structure
JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCORD, Wash. (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday that he planned to unveil proposals in a few weeks to reform the structure of the U.S. military to reflect changes in military challenges and requirements.
Closing arguments begin in Erin Andrews stalker civil trial
(Reuters) – Closing arguments began on Friday in sportscaster Erin Andrews’ civil trial against a Nashville hotel over a 2008 nude video of her taken by a stalker in an adjoining room at the hotel.
