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.
Ferguson, Missouri releases details of proposed consent decree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The city of Ferguson, Missouri, released details on Wednesday of a tentative deal with the U.S. Justice Department to reform its police department and resolve a federal probe following the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager …
Four bodies found after Kentucky house explosion
(Reuters) – The remains of four people, possibly including a baby, were discovered at the site of a house explosion in rural south central Kentucky, officials said on Wednesday.
Michigan governor names panel to fix Flint’s contaminated water system
(Reuters) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday appointed a group of government officials, health and other experts to implement long-term fixes for Flint’s lead-contaminated water system, which has become a national scandal.
Widow of disgraced Illinois police officer charged with fraud
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The widow of a northern Illinois policeman who committed suicide in September was indicted on Wednesday on charges related to his suspected embezzlement from a youth police explorer program he ran, officials said.
McCain vows to reinstate U.S. curb on Russian rocket engines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain on Wednesday said he planned to introduce legislation that would strike language included in a massive 2016 spending bill that eased a congressional ban on the use of Russ…
Obama calls for rapid Zika research as virus seen spreading
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the rapid development of tests, vaccines and treatments to fight the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects and could spread to the United Stat…
