Planned Parenthood report says fetal tissue videos were distorted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Planned Parenthood told U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday that manipulations and deletions used in the editing process of secretly recorded videos slamming the organization rendered the tapes unreliable for government inquir…
Connecticut political staffer gets year in prison for kickback scheme
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A former Connecticut legislative staffer was sentenced on Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison for using his role administering a state program intended to prevent political corruption to generate $117,000 in kickba…
Bill to regulate e-cigarettes clears California legislative hurdle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The California State Senate on Thursday passed a bill to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products, sending the measure to the Assembly where a similar bill died earlier this year.
Jury begins deliberations in New Hampshire prep school rape trial
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – The jury in the rape trial of a former student at an elite New Hampshire boarding school began deliberations on Thursday after hearing closing arguments focusing on whether he forced a 15-year-old classmate to have sex or whet…
Student threatened to kill self, others at Miss. State University
(Reuters) – A Mississippi State University student was arrested on Thursday after his threats to harm himself and others prompted alerts about an active shooter and a lockdown of the campus.
U.S. charges Arizona man with supporting Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man was indicted on Thursday for supporting the militant group Islamic State by helping a New York City college student travel to Syria for military-style training, U.S. authorities said.
AIG seeking $1.76 billion in ‘life settlements’ trial in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An American International Group Inc unit on Thursday asked a federal judge to order a Pennsylvania firm to pay it $1.76 billion in damages for allegedly overcharging for life insurance policies acquired from elderly individuals.
White supremacist expressed surprise in call victims not Jewish
OLATHE, Kan. (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Kansas rested their case on Thursday in the murder trial of a white supremacist after playing a recorded call in which he expressed surprise the three people fatally shot outside two Jewish centers last year were…
Texas Attorney General Paxton pleads not guilty to fraud charges
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Tea Party Republican, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to three felony charges of securities fraud during his first court appearance in a case that threatens his political career.
Low-lying Louisiana parish regroups behind reinforced levee system
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Of all the areas near New Orleans blasted by Hurricane Katrina, none was harder hit than St. Bernard Parish, a low-lying coastal stretch southeast of the city, once known for its small fishing villages and thriving seafood indus…
