Former North Carolina law enforcement officers admit to drug scheme
(Reuters) – Fourteen people, including 12 former sheriff’s officers and correctional officers, have pleaded guilty to a drug dealing conspiracy centered in a North Carolina county, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.
Hearing on ‘Serial’ murder case wraps up in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Maryland hearing on whether to grant a retrial to a man whose murder conviction was made famous by the podcast “Serial” wrapped up on Tuesday, with a prosecutor saying the judge in the case should not be swayed by intense public…
U.S. judge deports Qatar military officer accused of enslaving servants
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ordered the immediate deportation on Tuesday of a Qatar military officer and his wife after they were accused of holding two female servants in slave-like conditions in their upscale San Antonio home.
Shkreli is sued over his $2 million Wu-Tang Clan album
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Martin Shkreli faces a new legal headache, a lawsuit claiming that his $2 million Wu-Tang Clan album contains illustrations ripped off from a New York artist, who now wants the former drug executive to pay for them.
U.S. intelligence chief warns of ‘homegrown’ security threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attacks by “homegrown” Islamist extremists are among the most imminent security threats facing the United States in 2016, along with dangers posed overseas by Islamic State and cyber security concerns, the top U.S. intelligence o…
Groups sue for videos of Minneapolis police killing
(Reuters) – Civil rights groups sued Minnesota state agencies on Tuesday to force them to release video footage of the fatal police shooting of a young black man in Minneapolis in November.
FBI director says investigators unable to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s phone content
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday that federal investigators have still been unable to access the contents of a cellphone belonging to one of the killers in the Dec. 2 shootings in San Bernardino, California, due to encryp…
Minnesota Gov. Dayton proposes paid family leave for state workers
(Reuters) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday proposed giving six weeks of paid parental leave to all state employees after the birth or adoption of a child, which if approved would make Minnesota only the fourth U.S. state with such a policy.
Maryland teacher charged with filming sex videos in school bathroom
(Reuters) – A Maryland volunteer teacher and choir leader charged with sexual abuse and child pornography directed children in sexually explicit videos filmed in a school bathroom, according to court documents released on Tuesday.
Two Kentucky employees fired over death of teen in detention
LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) – The head of Kentucky’s juvenile justice system and another state employee have been fired as a result of an ongoing investigation into the death of a 16-year-old black girl at a juvenile detention facility, a state spokeswoma…
