Texas defunds Planned Parenthood clinics, but Louisiana ordered to pay
DALLAS/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Texas on Monday barred Planned Parenthood from receiving state Medicaid money, the latest setback for the women’s healthcare provider since it became embroiled in controversy over undercover videos about its handling of f…
Portland, Oregon, police arrest suspected serial killer
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Portland, Oregon, police have arrested an alleged serial killer suspected of murdering four young women, including a 14-year-old girl, in the 1980s who were victims of sex trafficking, prosecutors said on Monday.
9/11 suspect seeks to represent himself in Guantanamo hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A pre-trial hearing for five Guantanamo Bay 9/11 suspects stalled on Monday when one of them asked how to represent himself in the death penalty case.
Milwaukee man charged with murder in 33-year-old cold case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Milwaukee man has confessed to killing a teenage girl at a party and burying her body under a porch in 1982, a crime that went unsolved until he recently told a local television station and crisis hotline, according to the stati…
U.S. judge dismisses Uber driver lawsuit over data breach
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Uber driver against the ride service over a data breach disclosed by the company, according to a ruling on Monday.
Two hurt when live bullets used in Arizona Old West show
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – An actor and a woman in the crowd were shot with live bullets during a street reenactment of an Old West gunfight at a show in Arizona that was supposed to be using blanks, authorities said.
Trump, Carson likely to get Secret Service protection: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service sent letters to congressional leaders on Monday seeking to activate 24-hour protection for Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson, Fox News reported on Monday.
Illinois budget impasse generates more negatives: Moody’s
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois added to the negative factors weighing on the state’s credit rating with the announcement last week that a monthly payment to pension funds would be delayed due to the ongoing budget impasse, Moody’s Investors Service said …
Progress on sentencing reform reveals waning police influence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shortly after legislation surfaced in the U.S. Senate to lower prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders, Fraternal Order of Police Executive Director Jim Pasco heard Vice President Joe Biden say what Pasco had suspected of…
Takata air bag recall to be expanded: U.S. regulator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Monday signaled they will expand a massive Takata Corp recall already affecting more than 19 million vehicles in the United States.
