Utah judge orders foster child removed from married lesbian couple
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A married lesbian couple in Utah are reported to be readying a legal challenge to a judge’s decision ordering them to relinquish custody of a foster child because of their sexual orientation.
Texas tries to stitch a safety net without Planned Parenthood
MCALLEN, Texas(Reuters) – Four years after cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, the state of Texas says it has been able to rebuild its safety net, in what could be a model for Republicans in Congress who hope to defund the nation’s largest fami…
Reputed New York mobster, 80, cleared in 1978 ‘Goodfellas’ heist
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An 80-year-old reputed mobster was found not guilty on Thursday of participating in a brazen 1978 New York airport heist that helped inspire the Mafia movie “Goodfellas.”
Missouri man, charged with threat to shoot black students, denied bail
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Reuters) – A 19-year-old white Missouri man charged with making terrorist threats on social media to shoot black students at the University of Missouri campus was denied bond on Thursday, and court documents said he expressed a “deep int…
Illinois university settles with professor who criticized Israel
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The University of Illinois said on Thursday that it would pay $875,000 to settle a lawsuit by a professor who lost out on a tenured position after he made Twitter postings critical of Israel.
Mormons to resign in Utah protest at church’s gay marriage stance
(Reuters) – Hundreds of Mormons plan to resign from the church in Salt Lake City this weekend at a protest against a church policy barring the children of married same-sex couples from receiving baptism, organizers said on Thursday.
Law clerk in trading fraud involving chewed napkins pleads guilty
(Reuters) – A former clerk at a prestigious New York law firm on Thursday became the third and final defendant to plead guilty in an insider trading scheme in which an accomplice ate evidence written on napkins to conceal the fraud, federal prosecutors…
Subway ex-spokesman should get 12-1/2 year prison term: prosecutors
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors recommended on Thursday that former Subway sandwich spokesman Jared Fogle spend 12 and a half years in prison and be under lifetime supervision for child pornography and having sex with two minors.
Student journalist files complaint against Missouri academic who called for ‘muscle’
(Reuters) – A student journalist whose video of this week’s anti-racism protests at the University of Missouri went viral after a professor called for “some muscle” to get him to back off has filed a police complaint against the academic, Melissa Click…
New York City finds one in five adults has mental health problems
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least one in five adult New Yorkers suffer from depression, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts or other psychological disorders every year, according to a report released on Thursday ahead of Mayor Bill de Blaiso’s new mental-he…
