U.S. pastor freed by Iran says he was tortured
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) – Saeed Abedini, an American pastor freed this month from an Iranian prison as part of a U.S.-Iranian prisoner swap, said in a television interview aired on Monday that he was tortured and left in solitary confinement for refu…
Fancy a ‘political revolution’? Try ‘Bernie’s Yearning’ ice cream
(Reuters) – Bernie Sanders got his sweetest endorsement yet on Monday when one of the founders of Ben & Jerry’s unveiled an ice cream flavor for the Democratic presidential hopeful, inviting Sanders’ backers to enjoy a spoonful of “Political Revolution.”
U.S. justices expand ban on mandatory life sentences for juvenile killers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday expanded its ban on mandatory sentences of life in prison without parole for inmates convicted of murders committed before age 18, saying even those imprisoned years ago should have an opportunity…
Witness testifies in U.S. about 2000 murder of diplomat in Niger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An African security guard on Monday told a U.S. judge that he saw an American diplomat shot to death in Niger 14 years ago, and identified the shooter as the suspect who has been indicted for the crime.
Investigators fault community planning in deadly 2013 Texas explosion
(Reuters) – An explosion at the West Fertilizer Co of West, Texas on April 17, 2013 that killed 15 people and damaged 150 buildings likely happened because the owner of the fertilizer storage facility kept combustible material near a 30-ton pile of amm…
Plaintiffs’ lawyers wary of taking on Flint water scandal
(Reuters) – The water scandal in Flint, Michigan has many of the ingredients for a mass, class-action lawsuit: danger signs that may have been ignored, many thousands of potential victims, the possibility of lifelong health problems, and the alleged sy…
N.Y. police officer reckless in shooting of black man: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As Akai Gurley bled to death in a New York stairwell, the police officer who fired the fatal bullet was upstairs arguing with his partner about whether to call in the incident, prosecutors said at the start of the officer’s trial o…
Police appeal to Vietnamese community in hunt for California escapees
(Reuters) – Police in Southern California appealed to the Vietnamese community on Monday to come forward with any information about three dangerous men who are on the loose after an audacious jailbreak.
U.S. judge OKs class action in Arkansas Planned Parenthood lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge granted Planned Parenthood class action status on Monday for its challenge to Arkansas’ ban on Medicaid funding to the health care provider over videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group.
Police officer indicted for using Taser on Texas city councilman
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A police officer has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge for using a Taser on a councilman in Prairie View, the city where a black woman died in custody in a case that raised questions about racial bias in policing, authorit…
