ACLU to Kentucky prison: Stop censoring mail on sexual orientation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday it has called on a Kentucky prison to stop censoring inmates’ mail and removing items it claims promote homosexuality.
U.S. top court weighs racketeering law’s scope in R.J. Reynolds case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether a lawsuit filed by European Union countries accusing cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds of running a global money-laundering scheme involving narcotics smuggling into Europe can m…
Ex-U.S. State Department worker gets nearly five years for ‘sextortion’
(Reuters) – A former U.S. State Department employee was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges he sent threatening emails to sexually extort dozens of young women, mainly from his computer at the U.S. embassy in L…
U.S. prosecuting fewer drug offenses: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors charged nearly 5,000 fewer drug cases in 2015 than three years earlier, after the Obama administration decided to target only the most serious cases, the Justice Department said on Monday.
USS Eisenhower resumes flight operations after accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier resumed flights of fixed-wing aircraft on Sunday, two days after a flight accident that injured eight sailors who were working on the ship’s flight deck, a Navy spokesman said.
New Jersey mall’s Easter Bunny brawls with upset parent
(Reuters) – A man employed as the Easter Bunny at a New Jersey mall brawled with a father whose child slipped to the floor while having a picture taken with the costumed character, authorities said on Monday, stunning shoppers watching the mayhem unfol…
Texas man arrested for Ferris wheel sex killed in Houston carjacking
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man suspected of having sex on a Las Vegas Ferris wheel last month was killed in a Houston carjacking over the weekend in an incident that started outside a strip club, police said on Monday.
Suspect named in fatal shooting of Indiana police sergeant
(Reuters) – An Indiana sheriff’s deputy remained hospitalized on Monday after being shot in an exchange of gunfire that killed another deputy and a suspect over the weekend, the sheriff’s department said.
New England shivers under blanket of snow at onset of spring
BOSTON (Reuters) – Residents of much of coastal New England woke up on the second day of spring to discover lawns and roads blanketed with snow and schools closed in Boston, Providence and several other cities.
U.S. top court throws out Massachusetts stun gun ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a Massachusetts court ruling that stun guns are not covered by the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of the right to bear arms, siding with a woman who said she carried one as protection against …
