Powerful N.Y. lawmaker collected millions in bribes, prosecutor says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of New York’s most powerful politicians abused his office for a decade, orchestrating multimillion-dollar bribery schemes he kept hidden from public view through lies and deception, a U.S. prosecutor told jurors on Monday at th…
Arkansas judge approves names of same-sex partners on birth certificates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – The state of Arkansas must record the names of both partners in a same-sex marriage on the birth certificates of their children, a judge ruled on Monday.
Minneapolis police shooting video inconclusive: governor
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Video footage taken from the back of an ambulance does not appear to show conclusively what happened in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a Minneapolis police officer a week ago, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said o…
Shootout that wounded 17 in New Orleans park is gang-related: police
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A weekend shootout that wounded 17 people, including a 10-year-old boy, in a New Orleans park appears to be gang-related, city officials said on Monday, as they urged hesitant witnesses to come forward with information about the…
Two more suspects charged in murder of California police officer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two more suspects were charged with murder on Monday in the fatal shooting of a police officer as he sat in a car outside his department’s headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, prosecutors said.
Planned Parenthood sues Texas over threat to cut Medicaid funding
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Planned Parenthood, other women’s health providers and a group of women in need of reproductive healthcare sued Texas on Monday, seeking to halt its threatened cut in Medicaid funding, a move they said was more about politics …
Texas student arrested over clock seeks $15 million
DALLAS (Reuters) – The family of a Texas Muslim teenager arrested for bringing a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb to school demanded $15 million in damages and an apology from the city of Irving and its schools to avoid a lawsuit, lawyers sa…
Two Indianapolis men charged with murdering pastor’s wife
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Two Indianapolis men have been charged with the murder of a pastor’s pregnant wife during an apparent home burglary, law enforcement officials said on Monday.
Maine proposes ban on junk food purchases with food stamps
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – Maine’s top health official on Monday proposed banning the purchase of soda and candy under the federal aid program known as food stamps, describing the move as needed to counter an “alarming epidemic of obesity” among the st…
Man arrested in student shooting caught on video in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A man suspected in the shooting of a Tulane University medical student that was recorded on video was captured on Monday after a manhunt, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.
