Iran signals lawyer yet to be appointed for detained Iranian-American
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s judiciary signaled on Saturday that Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi, detained since October in a case being watched internationally, had not been given access to a lawyer.
Massachusetts teen sentenced to at least 40 years for killing teacher
SALEM, Mass. (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge sentenced a teenager convicted of raping and murdering his high school math teacher to serve at least 40 years in prison, and the victim’s father called the killer “pure evil.”
Federal judge being considered for US Supreme Court nomination: Law Journal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal trial judge in Washington, is being considered to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the National Law Journal reported on Friday, citing a lawyer who was contacted as part of the vetting …
Oregon city fires its grounds-keeping goats with ‘barnyard aroma’
(Reuters) – A crew of goats brought in to devour invasive plants at a popular park in Oregon’s state capital, Salem, have been fired because they ate indiscriminately, cost nearly five times as much as human landscapers and smelled far worse, a city of…
N.Y.’s Met Museum settles litigation over ‘recommended’ admission fees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has agreed to reword its signs and website to settle years-long litigation that claimed it deceived patrons into believing its recommended $25 admission fee was mandatory.
University of California notifies 80,000 of cyber attack
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Officials at the University of California Berkeley said on Friday that they were alerting 80,000 people, including current and former students, faculty and vendors of a cyber attack on a system that stores social security and …
Former New York county police chief pleads guilty in beating case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former police chief of one of New York’s largest counties pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to beating a handcuffed suspect accused of stealing a duffel bag from his personal car, and then leading an attempt to cover it u…
U.S. Coast Guard wraps up first phase of El Faro disaster probe
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. investigation into the deadly sinking of the El Faro cargo ship during a hurricane last fall shifted direction on Friday, as the Coast Guard wrapped up its initial public hearings on the accident that killed all 33 pe…
Yemeni suspect in 9/11 attacks asks court to halt harassment
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – Attorneys for a Yemeni man accused in the Sept. 11 attacks asked a military judge on Friday to halt court proceedings until Guantanamo Bay prison guards stop tormenting their client.
New Northrop bomber to be designated B-21 -U.S. Air Force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James on Friday unveiled the first image of a new Northrop Grumman Corp long-range bomber and said it would be designated the B-21, as losing bidder Boeing Co said it would forego further challeng…
