Texas attorney general faces ethics probe over gay marriage
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is being probed for ethics violations for telling county clerks that they could deny marriage licenses to same sex-couples, another potential setback for the state’s top lawyer, who is already…
Kansas high court strikes down school funding law, threatens shutdown
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state’s funding system for public education is unconstitutional and said it must be replaced by June 30 if schools are to remain open.
Judge to State Dept: finish Clinton email release by Feb. 29
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A judge ordered the U.S. State Department on Thursday to complete by Feb. 29 its public release of the work emails of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton from her time as secretary of state.
Arkansas judge charged for infant son’s death in hot car
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge whose infant son died last year when left strapped in a car safety seat for five hours in the summer heat was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor negligent homicide.
Five people indicted in deadly New York City building explosion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors have indicted five people in a deadly gas explosion that destroyed a row of buildings in New York’s East Village neighborhood last March, charging a landlord, her son and a pair of contractors with manslaughter, among o…
Cliven Bundy charged in 2014 standoff at Nevada ranch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy was charged in federal court on Thursday with conspiracy, assault on a federal officer and obstruction of justice in connection with the 2014 standoff on federal land near his ranch.
Civil rights group wants video in death of black Kentucky teen
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A civil rights group on Thursday demanded the release of surveillance video from the Kentucky juvenile detention center where a 16-year-old black girl died the day after she was admitted.
Federal trial delayed in South Carolina church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A judge delayed the federal trial for the white man accused of shooting dead nine parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston last June after federal prosecutors on Thursday said the government remained undecided …
Three of last four occupiers surrender at Oregon wildlife refuge
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Three of the last four armed protesters occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered on Thursday, but the final holdout vowed to remain holed up until “my grievances are heard.”
Obama reveals his inner nerd, picks Mars companions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said he would want both brains and brawn beside him should he ever end up on Mars, an interview with the self-described “nerd” in Popular Science magazine revealed.
