Cosby’s wife seeks to avoid further questions in defamation suit
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Bill Cosby’s wife and business manager Camille Cosby will ask a judge on Tuesday to spare her from answering further questions related to a lawsuit by seven women who claim the comedian sexually assaulted them.
Colorado clinic shooter hoped fetuses would thank him for stopping abortions
DENVER (Reuters) – The man accused of fatally shooting three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic last year said he hoped that when he died fetuses in heaven would thank him for stopping more abortions, court documents showed on Monday.
A year after Freddie Gray, Baltimore makes slow progress
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A year after the death of a black man in Baltimore police custody and the ensuing riots, the city is making slow headway in tackling the economic and social issues that residents, civic and business leaders say gave rise to the un…
California to hike funds for new parents on family leave
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California will increase the amount of money new parents can receive through the state’s paid family leave program under a bill signed on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
Seattle police arrest man after body parts of missing woman discovered
(Reuters) – A 37-year-old man has been taken into custody on suspicion of killing a mother of three and leaving some of her body parts in a Seattle home’s recycling container, police and local media said on Monday.
Police arrest 400 at U.S. Capitol in protest of money in politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police arrested more than 400 protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday from Democracy Spring, an organization seeking to remove big money from politics and combat restrictive voter identification laws.
Ex-South Carolina officer gets probation over black man’s slaying: media
(Reuters) – A white former South Carolina police officer indicted on a felony charge over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist was sentenced on Monday to three years probation over the February 2014 incident, local media reported.
Kentucky’s top lawyer sues governor over college funding cuts
(Reuters) – Kentucky’s attorney general sued the state’s Republican governor on Monday seeking to block what a lawsuit says are illegal funding cuts to public universities in the cash-strapped state, the latest clash in a simmering political family feu…
Warhols stolen from Missouri museum; FBI offers reward for information
(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday offered up to $25,000 as a reward for information on seven Andy Warhol paintings stolen from a Missouri art museum last week.
Black drivers in California arrested more often for unpaid tickets: study
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Black drivers in California are far more likely than their white counterparts to face arrest for unpaid traffic tickets or driving with a suspended license, according to a study by a civil rights coalition released on Monday.
