Massachusetts testing program to clear way for deaf jurors
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts is testing a program that would enable profoundly deaf people to serve on juries in state courts with the help of sign-language interpreters, in an effort described by advocates for the deaf as the most extensive in the…
University of Michigan student falls through glass roof to death
DETROIT (Reuters) – A 21-year-old University of Michigan student died on Friday when he fell through a glass roof in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, police said.
Ohio officer’s fatal shooting of man not seen on building video
(Reuters) – Prosecutors said on Friday they are unaware of any building surveillance video that captured the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer at the University of Cincinnati in a weekend traffic stop.
Ex-N.Y. Assembly speaker must face corruption charges: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful former leader of the New York State assembly, lost his bid to have federal corruption charges against him dismissed on Friday for the second time.
Sick juror delays Colorado movie massacre trial until Monday
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The judge in the Colorado movie massacre trial sent the jury home until Monday after a member of the panel complained early on Friday that she was suffering from a sinus infection, fever and headache and could not concentr…
Judge rules Chicago pension reform law is unconstitutional
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A 2014 law aimed at shoring up two of Chicago’s financially shaky public worker retirement systems violates pension protections in the Illinois constitution, a judge ruled on Friday.
Chilean military officers charged in 1986 murder of U.S. student
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Six former Chilean military officers will be charged with murder over the killing of a U.S. student during a Santiago labor strike in 1986, and a seventh will face charges of helping them, a judge said on Friday.
Female prison worker back to court for charges in New York escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – The female prison worker accused of smuggling tools to two inmates who recently staged a daring escape from an upstate New York facility will be arraigned on criminal charges next week, her lawyer said on Friday.
LaGuardia flights face three-hour delays due to power outage: NBC
(Reuters) – The arrival of some flights at New York’s LaGuardia International Airport have been delayed by as much as three hours due to a power outage, the NBC reported.
Seattle-area deputies lied about bus driver’s profanity use during fight
Two sheriff’s deputies patrolling Seattle’s transit system lied about a bus driver’s use of profanity during a heated argument last November captured by a camera embedded in the driver’s eyeglasses, a police investigation has found.
