Chicago creates police task force after officer charged with murder
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday announced the creation of a police accountability task force following days of unrest over the alleged murder of a black teenager by a white policeman.
Texas Attorney General Paxton seeks dismissal of felony charges against him
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Lawyers for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went to a district court on Tuesday seeking to throw out felony charges against him, saying there were problems with the grand jury that handed down the indictments.
House Speaker: Colorado shooting shows need for mental health reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said last week’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado showed that the United States needs to reform mental health care.
U.S. Supreme Court says woman can’t sue over Austria rail injury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a California woman cannot sue Austria’s state-owned railroad in U.S. courts over a 2007 injury she suffered while boarding a train in Innsbruck that led to her legs being amputated.
Anadarko ordered to pay $159.5 million fine for 2010 Gulf spill
(Reuters) – A federal judge ordered Anadarko Petroleum Corp to pay a $159.5 million civil fine reflecting its stake in the Gulf of Mexico well whose 2010 blowout caused the largest U.S. offshore oil spill.
Human Rights Watch demands U.S. criminal probe of CIA torture
(Reuters) – Human Rights Watch called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to investigate 21 former U.S. officials, including former President George W. Bush, for potential criminal misconduct for their roles in the CIA’s torture of terrorism suspect…
Montana mulls restoration of bison from Yellowstone herds
(Reuters) – The shaggy offspring of the United States’ only wild, purebred herd of bison are pitting Montana conservationists, federal wildlife managers, ranchers and Native American tribes against each other.
U.S. Marine jailed in Philippines for killing transgender woman
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – A Philippine court found a U.S. Marine guilty of killing a transgender woman on Tuesday, jailing him for six to 12 years in a case that has reignited debate over the American military presence in its former colony…
Chicago officer, charged with murdering black teen, posts bond
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A white Chicago police officer, charged with murdering a black teenager, posted bond on Monday afternoon as protests continued over a patrol car’s dashboard camera video that showed the officer shooting the teen 16 times.
U.S. abortion providers face increased threat of violence
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – His ranch was burned down in 1991, his clinic in 2009, and his partner was assassinated that year. Now abortion provider LeRoy Carhart varies his route to work, books hotel rooms at the last minute and will not say wheth…
