Texas mother arrested for leaving five children in feces-strewn home
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas mother has been arrested on charges of endangering her five children ranging in age from 3 months to 8 years, who were discovered last week at home alone in filth, authorities said on Thursday.
Black women booted from California wine train sue for discrimination
(Reuters) – Eleven women from a predominantly black book club who were kicked off a California wine train in August sued the company on Thursday for racial discrimination, seeking $11 million in damages.
Oklahoma seeks to halt three executions after drug mix-up
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma attorney general on Thursday sought an indefinite stay of three executions including that of Richard Glossip, whose planned execution a day earlier was stopped at the last minute because of a mix-up with lethal in…
Texas man gets life term for 1968 Pennsylvania murder
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Texas man was sentenced to life without parole in Pennsylvania on Thursday for the 1968 murder of a steel company employee in what prosecutors say is one of the oldest U.S. cold cases to result in conviction.
Texas, top state for executions, may go a year without a death penalty conviction
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas may end 2015 without imposing a sentence of capital punishment, a milestone that parallels declining public support for capital punishment in a state that had been sending the most prisoners to the death chamber.
75 percent of Republicans ‘less likely’ to vote for Muslim: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon seeking the Republican presidential nomination, drew fire last month when he said he would not “advocate” for a Muslim president, but it turns out that most Republicans agree with him.
Senators propose sentencing reform to reduce prison overcrowding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Thursday proposed a bipartisan plan for reforming criminal justice, aiming to ditch harsh sentencing laws that lead to prison overcrowding and to limit solitary confinement for juveniles.
Colorado police seek man filmed igniting fireball at bank
DENVER (Reuters) – Police in Colorado are looking for a suspected arsonist who was caught on video apparently trying to ignite a jar of gasoline inside a bank’s overnight deposit box when he set off a fireball that appeared to engulf him, authorities s…
U.S. to curb smog but EPA stops short of toughest limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Thursday trimmed the legal limits of smog-producing ozone, in a regulation that will prevent lung ailments like asthma but cost businesses and utilities billions of dollars.
Powerball ticket worth $310.5 million sold in Michigan
(Reuters) – A $310.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot was won by a single winning ticket sold at a southwestern Michigan gas station, lottery officials said on Thursday.
