Tsarnaev lawyers file appeal of Boston Marathon bombing conviction
(Reuters) – Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed an appeal on Friday of his conviction on murder and other charges related to the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, according to court papers, two weeks after a federal judge rejected a request for a ne…
Escaped California inmates believed living out of stolen van
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Reuters) – Three inmates who escaped nearly a week ago from a maximum-security jail unit in Southern California are believed to be living out of a utility van they stole two days after their breakout, a sheriff’s department spokesman…
FBI says video shows slain Oregon occupier reach for jacket pocket
BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) – The FBI released a video on Thursday investigators say shows one occupier of an Oregon wildlife refuge reach for his jacket pocket before being shot dead by law enforcement, after speeding away from a traffic stop where the grou…
U.S. Navy commander pleads guilty in corruption scandal
(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy commander charged with accepting paid travel, prostitutes and Lady Gaga concert tickets from a Malaysian defense contractor in exchange for classified information pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal corruption charges.
NY’s top prosecutor targets NFL in antitrust probe: source
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is conducting an antitrust investigation of the NFL and its practice of imposing “price-floors” on certain tickets as part of an ongoing probe into the online ticketing market,…
Calls to U.S. trafficking hotline on the rise, organizers say
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of calls reporting human trafficking cases to a U.S. national hotline rose last year, as did calls from trafficking survivors, showing that public awareness of the issue is growing, organizers said on …
Tremors in U.S. Northeast caused by sonic boom, not quake: agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two fighter jets from a U.S. Navy base in Maryland may have caused a series of sonic booms on Thursday near the New Jersey coast that prompted hundreds of residents to report earthquake-like tremors.
‘Affluenza’ teen sent back to Texas, ‘docile’ in detention
FORT WORTH, Texas/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The American teenager derided for claiming a defense of “affluenza” in the killing four people while driving drunk arrived back in Texas on Thursday after being deported from Mexico and was placed in juvenile d…
Teachers’ union sues Detroit schools, demands removal of emergency manager
(Reuters) – The union for Detroit public school teachers sued their district on Thursday demanding immediate removal of a state-appointed emergency manager and a return of local control with a plan to repair its crumbling buildings.
College application questions about police contact under scrutiny
(Reuters) – U.S. colleges and universities that ask applicants to disclose run-ins with law enforcement including stops and detentions are facing scrutiny from a legal advocacy group concerned the practice discriminates against minorities.
