Chicago police commander acquitted of battery
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago police commander who had been praised for his work in high-crime areas was found not guilty on Monday of battery for putting a gun in a suspect’s mouth.
National Guard member pleads guilty in plot to attack Illinois base
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois National Guard member pleaded guilty on Monday to plotting with his cousin to attack a military installation as part of a conspiracy to support Islamic State, a spokesman for federal prosecutors said.
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Alabama lesbian mother adoption ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked an Alabama judicial ruling that refused to recognize a gay woman’s parental rights over three children she adopted with her lesbian partner and raised from birth.
Pentagon eyes $12-15 billion for early work on new technologies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s fiscal 2017 budget request will include $12 billion to $15 billion to fund war gaming, experimentation and the demonstration of new technologies aimed at ensuring a continued military edge over China and Russia, De…
U.S. Supreme Court reinstates Kentucky inmate’s death sentence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death sentence of a Kentucky man convicted in the 1997 murders of a Louisville couple including a pregnant woman who was strangled and whose body was found with scissors sticking ou…
Jury to decide fate of Massachusetts teenager charged with murder
SALEM, Mass. (Reuters) – A jury is set to weigh the fate of Massachusetts teenager accused of raping and murdering his high school math teacher, after his lawyer and a prosecutor painted starkly contrasting portraits of him in closing statements at his…
New U.S. FAA rule requires drone owners to register by Feb 19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration, responding to heightened concerns about rogue drone flights near airports, unveiled a pre-Christmas rule on Monday requiring drone hobbyists as young as 13 years old to register their unmanned…
From Snowpocalypse to trigger-happy dog, no shortage of American oddness in 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wacky weather, animal antics and outrageous human behavior made headlines in 2015, with America’s quirky tales ranging from a Florida man arrested for landing a small helicopter on the U.S. Capitol grounds to a dog named Trigger wh…
U.S. top court leaves intact jury award in Los Angeles police shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the city of Los Angeles and two policemen on Monday, leaving in place a $5.7 million judgment a jury awarded to a man left paralyzed from the waist down after the officers shot him in …
U.S. Supreme Court rejects human rights suit against Occidental
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a human rights lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum Corp and a security contractor that had accused them of complicity in a deadly 1998 bombing by Colombia’s military of a villa…
