Chinese man pleads guilty for plot to steal U.S. corn secrets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese man charged with conspiracy to steal high-tech U.S. corn seeds pleaded guilty in federal court in Iowa on Wednesday for participating in the theft of the patented seeds with the intention of transporting them to China, …
No new grand jury for two indicted in Planned Parenthood videos: prosecutor
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Two people indicted by a Texas grand jury for presenting fake driver’s licenses as part of a plan to secretly video tape Planned Parenthood will not have their cases presented again to a new grand jury, the prosecutor in the c…
Missouri suspends professor who called for ‘muscle’ against student reporter
(Reuters) – A University of Missouri communications professor who called for “some muscle” to get a student journalist to back off during campus protests in November, was suspended by the school on Wednesday, days after she was charged with misdemeanor…
Five arrests made in connection with California jailhouse escape
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Reuters) – Five people suspected of involvement in the escape of three maximum-security jail inmates in California were arrested on Wednesday, but the fugitive prisoners – including one accused of the mutilation torture of a kidnap v…
Hawaii attorney general says daily fantasy sports contests are illegal
(Reuters) – Hawaii’s attorney general issued a formal advisory opinion on Wednesday that said daily fantasy sports contests, such as those run by FanDuel and DraftKings, constitute illegal gambling under existing state laws.
Milwaukee plot suspect’s associates say he never spoke of religion
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Former coworkers and friends of a man who authorities said plotted a mass shooting in Milwaukee as a way to defend Muslims said on Wednesday he appeared to be an unmotivated free spirit who never spoke of religion or such an attac…
Texas executes man who fatally shot game warden in gunfight
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Wednesday executed a man who led game wardens on a high-speed chase in 2007 before getting into a gun battle and fatally shooting one of them.
California Governor Brown backs sentencing reform plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday threw his support behind a proposal to give judges greater discretion on whether minors should be tried as adults in California courts.
Islamic State-linked hacker makes first U.S. appearance in federal court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Kosovar citizen accused of hacking the personal data of more than a thousand U.S. officials and sending it to Islamic State militants in Syria appeared in U.S. federal court in Virginia on Wednesday.
Texas urges Supreme Court to uphold abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The state of Texas on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its restrictions on abortion providers, citing the case of a Philadelphia doctor convicted in 2013 of murdering babies at his abortion clinic.
