Whistleblower faults U.S. agency for lax airport screening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. agency that screens passengers for explosives and weapons at airport checkpoints has been handing out passes for expedited screening “like Halloween candy,” a whistleblower told a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday.
Colorado rampage trial judge dismisses three jurors tainted by tweet
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The judge in the capital murder trial of Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes dismissed three jurors on Tuesday on the grounds they were tainted by hearing about a prosecutor’s message on Twitter.
Virginia court delays plan to close all-women’s Sweet Briar College
(Reuters) – Students at Virginia’s all-women Sweet Briar College got a little breathing room on Tuesday when the state’s Supreme Court temporarily blocked a plan to shutter the school, saying that a plan by administrators to close may violate trust law…
Community leaders ask judge for arrests in Cleveland boy’s death
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Community leaders asked a municipal court on Tuesday to invoke an obscure Ohio law so that a city judge could bring murder charges and issue arrest warrants for two policemen in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy.
Rhode Island state judge approves pension settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Rhode Island state judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that would end litigation over a sweeping 2011 public pension overhaul that garnered national attention.
American Medical Association adopts youth sports concussion policy
(Reuters) – The American Medical Association, responding to rising concern about concussions in youth sports like soccer and football, on Tuesday adopted policies intended to lower the risk of these brain injuries and called for prompt diagnosis and me…
U.S. appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld the main provisions of a restrictive Texas abortion law including one requiring clinics to have certain hospital-grade facilities, a regulatory hurdle critics said was designed to shut do…
U.S. Air Force to use new Lockheed spacecraft for next satellites
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it will use Lockheed Martin Corp’s updated A2100 spacecraft for the fifth and sixth U.S. missile early warning satellites, with no additional cost to its 2014 bulk purchase contract with Lockhee…
Hasidic Jews may sue NY towns they say discriminate: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge ordered two New York municipalities in the Catskills foothills to face a lawsuit accusing them of discriminating against Hasidic Jews by trying to stop them from moving in.
American Airlines, Qantas to launch U.S.-Australia flights
MIAMI (Reuters) – American Airlines Group Inc said on Tuesday it would begin operating a direct daily flight to Sydney, Australia, from Los Angeles this year, a first in more than two decades, and expand its cooperation with Qantas Airways Ltd.
