California sets path for inmates to get sex-reassignment surgery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Guidelines to decide whether transgender prison inmates in California can undergo sex reassignment surgery took effect Tuesday, making it the first U.S. state to offer a regular path to such treatment.
Suspect in killing of New York police officer was wanted man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man suspected of killing of a New York City police officer on Tuesday had been the subject of a weeks-long manhunt by detectives in connection with a gang-related shooting last month, officials said on Wednesday.
Suspect in stabbing of Detroit EMTs charged with 2006 murder
(Reuters) – A man suspected of slashing two Detroit emergency medical technicians has been arrested and is charged separately with the sexual assault and fatal stabbing of a teenage girl in 2006, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Treasury urges action on Puerto Rico
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday urged Congress to act to help embattled Puerto Rico, saying it needed an orderly restructuring regime, independent fiscal oversight, a reform of its Medicaid program and access to the Earned Income Ta…
St. Louis County plans new rules for dozens of police forces
(Reuters) – The executive of St. Louis County proposed new rules for police on Wednesday in the 57 towns and cities in Missouri’s largest metropolitan area in the wake of complaints of racial profiling and unfair fines and fees.
At odds with Republicans, Hillary Clinton to testify on Benghazi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Whether it’s a fact-finding mission as Republicans insist or the political witch hunt that Democrats anticipate, the congressional committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, …
Tropical storm Patricia churns toward Mexico’s Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tropical storm Patricia strengthened off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Wednesday, as it churns toward two major cargo ports and is projected to hit the coast by Friday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday.
Teenager describes fatal beating at upstate New York church
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – An upstate New York teenager told a court on Wednesday that members of his family and others struck him in the genitals and on other parts of his body during in a brutal attack at a secretive upstate church that killed his olde…
Democrats back Clinton, say Benghazi probe mostly politics: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House contender Hillary Clinton heads into Thursday’s congressional hearing on the 2012 Benghazi attacks with most U.S. Democrats agreeing with her accusation that the Republican-led probe is politically motivated, accordin…
U.S. judge gives Caesars another four months to control bankruptcy
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Caesars Entertainment’s bankrupt operating unit can keep exclusive control over its bankruptcy until March 15, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled on Wednesday, giving the casino group its second extension filing for chapter 11 protection…
