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.
New York TSA agent charged with molesting traveler in bogus search
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Transportation Security Administration agent at New York’s LaGuardia Airport was arrested after being accused of luring a woman to an airport bathroom under the pretense of a security search and molesting her, authorities said on…
Chicago school closure battle intensifies with hunger strike
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A long-standing battle between activists and the City of Chicago over school closures in minority neighborhoods has intensified with a dozen protesters entering their twelfth day of a hunger strike on Friday over a shuttered high sc…
Trial reset for Baltimore man charged with cutting hose in riot
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The trial for a man allegedly filmed slashing a fire hose at a burning pharmacy during rioting in Baltimore in April was postponed on Friday to Oct. 29.
U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has raised privacy concerns.
Virginia governor calls for gun controls after journalists shot
(Reuters) – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Friday vowed to press for gun control reforms following the deaths of two television journalists by a former station employee in an on-air shooting.
North Carolina policeman won’t face retrial in fatal shooting of black man
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina prosecutors said on Friday they have decided against seeking a retrial for Randall Kerrick, a white police officer whose manslaughter trial in the killing of an unarmed black man ended in a hung jury last week…
