Judge denies Redstone granddaughter’s bid to join competency suit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by Sumner Redstone’s granddaughter to join the media mogul’s former girlfriend in a lawsuit that challenges the 92-year-old billionaire’s mental competency.
Chicago financing plan for ‘Star Wars’ museum draws mixed reviews
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to fold financing for a museum sought by “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas into a redo of the city’s massive convention center got mixed reviews from U.S. municipal bond market on Wednesday.
Harriet Tubman to be first African-American on U.S. currency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American on the face of U.S. paper currency, and the first woman in more than a century, when she replaces former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California communities where a wet winter has filled reservoirs and begun ameliorating the state’s catastrophic four-year drought begged water regulators on Wednesday to reduce or eliminate emergency conservation measures…
Ex-New Orleans police officers plead guilty in post-Katrina killings
(Reuters) – Five ex-New Orleans police officers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to various charges in connection with the killings of two unarmed people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a federal prosecutor said.
Two students sue Kansas State University over rape allegations
(Reuters) – Two Kansas State University students filed federal lawsuits against the school on Wednesday, saying it failed to investigate their allegations that they were raped at off-campus fraternities.
U.S. top court rules Iran bank must pay 1983 bomb victims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and other attacks b…
Oklahoma deputy thought he had Tased unarmed man he killed: lawyer
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – The reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man was justified in his intended use of force, a defense attorney said in opening statements in his trial on Wednesday, as prosecutors said his actions warranted a conviction on m…
Baltimore judge says second officer must testify in Freddie Gray case
(Reuters) – A Maryland judge ruled on Wednesday that a second Baltimore police officer must testify against two other officers also charged in the death of Freddie Gray a year ago.
One wounded in shooting at St. Louis’ Washington University
(Reuters) – One person was wounded in a shooting at Washington University in St. Louis and the campus was temporarily locked down, the private school said on Wednesday.
