Illinois dodges federal contempt charge over payments for now
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday declined to find Illinois in contempt of court for failing to make timely payments to providers of services for disabled residents as the state struggles to operate without a budget.
U.S. court denies $2 million legal fees to conservatives in voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied $2 million in legal fees sought from the federal government by conservative lawyers who persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 to strike down a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights …
Ex-Jared Foundation director to plead guilty in child porn case: lawyer
(Reuters) – The former director of the foundation of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will file a guilty plea on Tuesday in the child pornography case against him, Taylor’s attorney said.
Video shows San Antonio man with arm raised fatally shot by deputies
(Reuters) – A Texas sheriff’s office said on Monday it was working to complete an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man by two deputies, as video broadcast on local media appeared to show the man with at least one hand in the air before he was…
Man charged with killing Texas deputy had been in mental hospital: newspaper
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The man charged with fatally shooting a Houston-area deputy in a hail of gunfire spent four months in a mental hospital in 2012 after being declared incompetent to stand trial in an aggravated assault case, the Houston Chronic…
Supreme Court denies Kentucky clerk request on gay marriage licenses
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Kentucky county clerk’s request for an emergency order allowing her to continue to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples while she appeals a federal judge’s order requiring…
Missouri to execute killer of Kansas City high school girl
(Reuters) – Missouri is set to execute on Tuesday a man who along with a friend abducted, raped and stabbed to death a 15-year-old girl in 1989.
Asked about Trump, China says U.S. people want good ties
BEIJING (Reuters) – China understands people in the United States have the right to say what they want, but most want good relations with China, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, apparently dismissing repeated attacks by billionaire Donald Trump as…
U.S. presidential grandchildren tout Nationalist WWII bona fides on anniversary
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Two grandchildren of World War Two-era U.S. presidents said the Chinese Nationalists’ role in defeating Japan was as significant as the Communists in a rare joint appearance in Taiwan, as China launches its own high-profile parade ma…
New Jersey high school football players put on probation for hazing
(Reuters) – Six of the seven New Jersey teenagers charged with sexual assault in a high school football hazing scandal last year have been sentenced to probation and will not have their names put on a sex offender register, the New York Times reported …
