Ex-cop pleads guilty to murdering Oregon woman found in suitcase
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A former Wisconsin police officer accused of killing two women, stuffing their bodies into suitcases and dumping them on a rural road pleaded guilty on Monday to murder in one of the cases, online court records showed.
Ex-drug CEO Shkreli gets green light to appear before Congress
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday gave Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceuticals executive facing securities fraud charges, permission to appear at a Congressional hearing on drug pricing.
North Carolina’s voter ID law goes on trial
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Minority voters in North Carolina will have a harder time casting a ballot this presidential election year if a judge allows a law requiring photo identification at the polls to take effect, challengers of the law said i…
U.S. top court backs Obama administration electricity markets rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a major Obama administration electricity-markets regulation that encourages big power users like factories to cut consumption at peak times, rejecting a challenge brought by electric utilit…
White House welcomes Supreme Court ruling on electricity markets rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a federal rule for electricity markets that encouraged grid operators to pay large users to reduce consumption at peak times is good news for consumers and clean energy, the White House…
Trial starts for oil truck operator in North Dakota murder-for-hire case
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The trial of an oil truck operator charged with orchestrating the killings of two business rivals competing for work in North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch was set to begin on Monday in Washington state.
Former NFL quarterback Vince Young arrested for DWI in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former NFL quarterback and University of Texas football star Vince Young has been arrested in Austin on a charge of driving while intoxicated, police said on Monday.
Former Wayne County prosecutor to lead probe of Flint water crisis
(Reuters) – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette on Monday named a special prosecutor and investigator to look into possible crimes in the city of Flint’s water crisis.
U.S. top court declines to revive North Dakota abortion limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected North Dakota’s bid to revive a restrictive Republican-backed law struck down by a lower court that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks a…
Chinese suspect in Los Angeles murders says wants to return to U.S.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Chinese national sought by the United States on suspicion of murdering two nephews in Los Angeles told a Hong Kong court on Monday that he would surrender to U.S. authorities.
