Three Kentucky men indicted in $600 million federal fraud case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A Kentucky lawyer, a retired administrative law judge and a psychologist have been charged with committing $600 million in disability fraud by submitting phony medical records to the government, according an indictment unsea…
Mississippi enacts law that allows denying services to gays
(Reuters) – Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Tuesday signed a far-reaching law allowing people with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and protecting other actions considered discriminatory by gay rights activists.
Body found on University of Texas campus, homicide suspected
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The body of a woman in her 20s was found in a creek on the main University of Texas campus in Austin on Tuesday and the case is being investigated as a possible homicide, authorities said.
Calls to veto Tennessee bill making the Bible ‘official state book’
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Tennessee lawmakers have voted to make the Bible the state’s official book and Governor Bill Haslam is under pressure from civil libertarian and nontheistic groups to stop the measure from becoming law.
NFL receiver Marshall accused at civil trial of punching woman
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall went on trial on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit brought by a California woman who alleged he punched her in the face outside a Manhattan nightclub in 2012.
South Carolina church massacre trial delayed as death penalty mulled
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A judge on Tuesday granted U.S. prosecutors’ request for trial delay as it considers whether to seek the death penalty for a white man accused of killing nine parishioners last summer at a historic black church in Charlesto…
U.S. officials accuse 1,000 people in phony student visa scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities set up a phony university with a website and an office to nab more than 1,000 people they accused of conspiring to fraudulently obtain student and work visas, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said on Tuesday.
Illinois lawmaker seeks revamp of school funding formula
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois would rip up its nearly 20-year-old school funding formula and replace it with one that would send more money to districts with high levels of poor students, including the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS), under a…
Bill to toughen sentences for fentanyl dealers advances in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A bill increasing penalties for possessing large amounts of the potent narcotic fentanyl in California cleared its first legislative hurdle on Tuesday, after 10 people died from overdoses in the Sacramento area alone in t…
Four men charged in gang rape of nine-year-old Utah girl
(Reuters) – Four men have been charged with raping a 9-year-old girl in a Utah home on Easter Sunday as her mother smoked methamphetamine in the garage, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
