Interior secretary visits site of Oregon armed protest
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Monday visited the Oregon wildlife refuge seized during a 41-day occupation by armed anti-government protesters and met with federal employees, local officials and tribal leaders in the area.
Pianist’s wife charged with killing daughters in Texas
DALLAS (Reuters) – The estranged wife of a celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko has been charged with killing the couple’s two daughters at their home in suburban Fort Worth, police said on Monday.
Supreme Court rejects suit against Colorado over marijuana law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma against their neighbor Colorado over a law approved as a ballot initiative by Colorado voters in 2012 that allows the recreational use o…
Gawker, publisher slapped with punitive damages over Hulk Hogan sex tape
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida jury awarded punitive damages totaling $25 million on Monday in a second blow to Gawker, coming on top of the $115 million the online news outlet must pay for posting a sex tape of the former professional wres…
Michigan woman pleads guilty to trading diseased body parts
(Reuters) – A Michigan woman pleaded guilty on Monday to a scheme in which she and her husband used their medical cadaver business to sell infected body parts to unwitting medical and dental students, prosecutors said.
Austin moves to fire police officer for fatal shooting of naked teen
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Austin police permanently suspended a police officer on Monday for violating department policy regarding the use of deadly force when he fatally shot an unarmed and naked teenager in February.
Illinois high court ruling in Chicago pension case due on Thursday
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday will release its ruling on the constitutionality of a 2014 state law aimed at boosting funding for two of Chicago’s pension funds, according to a court spokeswoman.
Retired Pennsylvania trooper in shootout had financial, marital woes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A retired Pennsylvania state trooper who police say killed two people in an attempted robbery at a highway toll plaza before being fatally shot had struggled with financial and marital problems, court records show.
FBI probes hot-water attack on gay men in Georgia as hate crime
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The FBI has launched an investigation to determine if an attack on two gay men who were seriously burned last month when hot water was poured on them as they slept in a suburban Atlanta apartment was a hate crime, a spokesman said o…
Number of U.S. government ‘cyber incidents’ jumps in 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government was hit by more than 77,000 “cyber incidents” like data thefts or other security breaches in fiscal year 2015, a 10 percent increase over the previous year, according to a White House audit.
