Detainees’ lawyers question Obama commitment to close Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Before midnight on Friday, President Barack Obama’s Justice Department is due to either block or accept a legal request to free a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who weighs 74 pounds (33.5 kg) after an eight-year hunger strike.
Activists protest Maryland telling U.S. when illegal immigrants leave jail
(Reuters) – Activists in Maryland held protests on Thursday over a decision by Governor Larry Hogan to notify U.S. immigration officials when an undocumented immigrant is to be released from a state-run Baltimore detention center.
Uber wins dismissal of lawsuit by Connecticut taxi companies
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ride-sharing company from doing business in the state.
Arizona detention officer arrested for alleged inmate assault
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona detention officer was arrested on Thursday after allegedly punching an uncooperative inmate several times in the face and breaking his jaw in a clash inside a jail psychiatric unit, sheriff’s officials said.
North Carolina police officer testifies he shot black man in self-defense
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – A white North Carolina police officer told jurors in his manslaughter trial on Thursday that he shot and killed an unarmed black man in 2013, because he feared for his life.
Calif. prison riot sparked by stabbing of ‘San Quentin Six’ inmate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Hugo Pinell, a notorious California inmate whose 50 years behind bars included a violent escape attempt from San Quentin, was stabbed to death by two prisoners, sparking a brief but bloody riot at a prison near Sacramento…
Washington state fined $100,000 a day over school funding gap
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington’s top court on Thursday fined the state $100,000 per day for failing to put forward a plan to fully fund education from kindergarten through high school, which the court said was required by its previous orders and the st…
Uber wins dismissal of lawsuit by Connecticut taxi companies
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ride-sharing company from doing business in the state.
Birth certificates latest battleground in Florida’s gay marriage fight
MIAMI (Reuters) – Eight months after Florida’s gay marriage ban ended, the state is not allowing hospitals to list both same-sex parents on their babies’ birth certificates, according to a federal lawsuit recently filed by three gay couples.
California girl, eight, died of asphyxiation, stab wounds: officials
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An 8-year-old girl whose body was discovered last month in a recycling bin at a residential complex in the seaside California city of Santa Cruz died of asphyxiation and stab wounds to the neck, officials said on Thursday.
