Jury begins deliberations in trial of accused Taliban
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Friday began deliberating the fate of an alleged Russian Taliban fighter, the first military prisoner from Afghanistan to be tried in a U.S. federal court.
Death of Georgia man hit by police stun gun under investigation
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Investigators are probing the death of a man shocked with a stun gun while fleeing police in suburban Atlanta, authorities said on Friday, hours after a grand jury declined to indict another Georgia officer in the fatal shooting of …
Three charged in ‘bizarre’ New York break-in, home occupation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three men have been charged with breaking into a New York City home, changing the locks and demanding that the rightful owners turn over the deed, in a case that a prosecutor on Friday called “truly bizarre.”
Texas grants surviving spouse status in same-sex death certificate
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas has issued surviving spouse status to a man whose husband died earlier this year, a move that came after a federal judge ordered the state to do so, officials said on Friday.
Chicago police, ACLU reach deal on police ‘stop and frisk’ policy
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Police Department agreed on Friday to outside monitoring of “stop-and-frisk” searches by its officers following a report that found they checked a disproportionate number of blacks and made more stops than their peers in…
New York police probe if month-old baby thrown from fourth floor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A month-old baby was found dead after possibly being thrown out of a fourth-floor window in the New York borough of Queens, police said Friday morning.
Facing epidemic, Cincinnati hospitals test mothers, newborns for drugs
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Bubbly and athletic, Heather Padgett, raised in a loving family in the Cincinnati suburbs, would not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict.
Police in Buffalo suburb confirm NHL’s Kane being investigated
(Reuters) – Police in a Buffalo, New York, suburb said on Friday they were investigating an incident that occurred at the home of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane but would not confirm reports he was the subject of rape allegations.
U.S. tightens visa waiver program amid foreign fighters concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced tighter security measures on Thursday for visitors from the 38 countries in its visa waiver program, which include European nations that have seen hundreds of residents traveling to fight with militant…
George W. Bush still ready and willing to serve – for jury duty
DALLAS (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George W. Bush was willing, eager and ready to serve when he turned up for jury duty at a Dallas County court and set a good example for other potential jurors, a district judge said on Thursday.
