NFL panel recommends Carson for proposed L.A. stadium
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A committee of National Football League owners recommended a proposal for a new stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson that is backed by the San Diego Chargers, the NFL said on Tuesday.
Mother of Texas ‘affluenza’ teen released from jail: sheriff
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of a Texas teen who was derided for his “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunk driving crash was released from a county jail on Tuesday and placed under home confinement on an electronic monitor, a sheriff said.
U.S. Sergeant Bergdahl seeks access to classified info in desertion case
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – Lawyers in the military desertion case against U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl argued on Tuesday about access to as many as 300,000 pages of classified documents that could be introduced in his court-martial.
NFL poised for L.A. move after 20 years of hard bargaining with cities
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – With resistance mounting to public financing of sport stadiums, the National Football League this week aims to follow through on two decades of threats to relocate franchises to Los Angeles.
U.S. military preparing transfer of 10 Guantanamo detainees: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military is preparing the bulk transfer of 10 Guantanamo detainees to countries in the Middle East on Thursday, Fox News reported on Tuesday, citing two defense officials.
Zika virus case confirmed in Texas; person traveled to Latin America
(Reuters) – A traveler who recently returned to the Houston area from El Salvador has a confirmed case of Zika, a virus borne by mosquitoes, health officials in Harris County, Texas, said on Tuesday.
Appeal in Baltimore officer’s murder trial to be heard in March
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday set March 4 for arguments over whether a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a black detainee must testify against a colleague accused of murder in the same incident.
New York creates ‘gun courts’ in hopes of reducing gun violence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will establish special courts for gun possession cases and create a police unit dedicated to gun-related investigations as part of an effort to cut gun crime, officials said on Tuesday.
New York jury hears claim GM concealed ignition switch defect
NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Motors Co should pay for concealing an ignition switch defect from its customers that has been linked to nearly 400 injuries and deaths, a lawyer for an Oklahoma man injured in a car crash told a Manhattan jury on Tuesday.
Supreme Court strikes down Florida death sentence process
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida’s death penalty sentencing process violates the constitutional rights of criminal defendants by granting judges powers that juries should wield, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, siding with a man convicted of murd…
