‘Affluenza’ case mom booked into jail on return to Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of a Texas teenager, derided for a defense of “affluenza” in his trial for killing four people while driving drunk, was flown on Thursday to Texas from California and charged with helping her son escape to Mexic…
White house to unveil Obama’s 2017 budget on February 9: OMB’s Donovan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will release President Barack Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2017 on Feb. 9, Shaun Donovan, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on Twitter on Thursday.
Chicago opens law department review after cop shooting mistrial
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Thursday there would be an outside assessment of his administration’s lawyers after a federal judge ruled that a city attorney had concealed evidence in a lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of …
Alabama sues federal government over Syrian refugees
(Reuters) – Alabama officials sued the U.S. government on Thursday to force the Obama administration to provide more information on the settlement of refugees from Syria and other countries in the state.
NY mayor pressures police pension fund to dump gunmaker stocks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mayor Bill de Blasio has submitted a resolution urging the New York City Police Pension Fund to consider exiting investments in companies that manufacture assault weapons for civilians, the mayor’s office said on Thursday.
Baltimore police officer appeals order to testify in Freddie Gray case
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray on Thursday appealed a judge’s order that he testify against two fellow officers also facing charges in the April incident.
American al Qaeda suspect pleads not guilty as U.S. mulls new charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An American citizen who authorities say supported al Qaeda and assisted in preparing a 2009 car bomb attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan could face new charges that carry the death penalty, a U.S. prosecutor said Thursday…
Cost to fix Flint water infrastructure could reach $1.5 billion: reports
(Reuters) – Fixing Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated drinking water infrastructure could cost as much as $1.5 billion, the city’s mayor said on Thursday after meeting with the governor to discuss the crisis, according to Detroit newspapers.
Pizza, rifles and tension: a night inside the Oregon protest
MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Oregon (Reuters) – The doorknob rattled. Two of the men occupying a federal biologist’s office in a stand-off over land rights hopped from their chairs and swung rifles toward the locked door.
Justice’s gay marriage order halts licenses in parts of Alabama
(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Alabama said probate judges should issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite being told otherwise by the state’s chief justice, but at least two counties on Thursday stopped giving out the licenses altogethe…
