U.S. Congress moves closer to requiring draft registration for women
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation that would require American women to register for the military draft, setting the stage for a fight in Congress over the historic shift in policy later this year.
Pennsylvania man found guilty of murdering woman after jailbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man who killed a female acquaintance after escaping from jail has been found guilty of murder and will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Release of list of ‘Bridgegate’ co-conspirators delayed
(Reuters) – A federal judge in New Jersey has extended the deadline to Tuesday for U.S. prosecutors to release a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the “Bridgegate” scandal, while she weighs a request from an individual on the list to keep it sealed…
U.S. court rejects bid to make full Senate ‘torture report’ public
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a lawsuit calling for the full release a U.S. Senate report detailing the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation and detention program following the Sept. 11 attacks.
Top Texas court finds state’s school financing is constitutional
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the state’s financing of schools is constitutional but said the decades-long legal battle over how it pays for the education of more than 5 million children shows the system suffers…
Berkshire’s NetJets settles U.S. immigration bias claim
(Reuters) – NetJets, the luxury plane unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, agreed to settle U.S. government charges that it discriminated against immigrant workers by requiring them to provide extra documents to prove their employment eligi…
World’s oldest person dies in New York City, aged 116
(Reuters) – The world’s oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, a research group said.
U.S. courts delay execution of killer of Alabama policeman
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court put on hold Thursday’s scheduled execution of a 65-year-old man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985, ordering a review of his mental competency after his lawyers said he suffers from dementia.
Texas businessman gets year in prison for failed Gambia coup
(Reuters) – A Texas businessman convicted of plotting to violate the U.S. Neutrality Act in a failed 2014 bid to overthrow the government of Gambia and install himself as president of the tiny African nation was sentenced on Thursday to a year in priso…
New Alabama law could shutter two abortion clinics near schools
(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed new abortion restrictions into law on Thursday, limiting the proximity of clinics to public schools and banning a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester, local media reported.
