Kentucky clerk seeks Supreme Court help to deny gay marriage licenses
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A Kentucky county clerk petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday for an emergency order allowing her to continue to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a move coming two days after a federal appeals court rejected…
New Mexico’s prosecutor charges state official with embezzlement
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) – New Mexico’s Democratic attorney general filed a 64-count criminal case against Republican Secretary of State Dianna Duran on Friday, accusing her of embezzlement, money-laundering, campaign finance violations and other offen…
Los Angeles committee gives support to bid to host 2024 Olympics
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A committee of the Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to support an effort to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles, ahead of a deadline next month for U.S. Olympic organizers to decide on an American city to bid f…
Man who shot Virginia journalists identified with 9/11 attacks: sheriff
(Reuters) – The gunman who killed two Virginia television journalists on air carried out a well-planned assault and identified with mass murderers and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, authorities said on Friday.
Oregon priest goes missing after hidden camera allegations
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Authorities in the Philippines are searching for a Catholic priest from Oregon who went missing while facing criminal charges for allegedly hiding a camera in a church bathroom, officials with the Archdiocese of Portland said…
White supremacist admits to three Kansas murders, seeks acquittal
OLATHE, Kan. (Reuters) – A white supremacist told a jury on Friday how he killed three people, including a boy, outside two Jewish centers in Kansas last year but asked that he be found not guilty because he believed that Jews have too much power and must be stopped.
Columbia University seeks to end lawsuit by accused student in mattress case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Columbia University on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a recent graduate who said it allowed a student who accused him of rape to harass him by carrying a mattress around campus in protest, even though the scho…
Planned Parenthood goes to court to fight funding cuts in Alabama
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood filed a complaint in Alabama federal on Friday seeking to stop the state from defunding its health clinics after the release of covertly recorded videos attacking the organization’s handling of aborted fetal tissue.
Former New Hampshire prep school student not guilty of rape
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – A former student of an elite New Hampshire prep school was found not guilty on Friday of raping a 15-year-old girl days before graduation last year in a case that cast a harsh spotlight on the school’s culture.
Former Arkansas treasurer sentenced to 30 months for bribery
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A former Arkansas state treasurer was sentenced in a federal court on Friday to 30 months in prison for bribery in her handling of the state’s bond portfolio.
