Former Connecticut anti-fraud watchdog pleads guilty to fraud charge
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – The former head investigator of welfare fraud for Connecticut has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of lying about his income and assets so he could secure a mortgage under a program aimed at helping lower-income American…
Uncle Sam wants you: rare World War One posters up for auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A collection of about 2,000 posters from the World War One era, considered to be one of the world’s finest and amassed over more than a decade by a U.S. Army officer, will be sold at auction later this month, Guernsey’s auction hou…
Charges dropped for cheering out of turn at Mississippi graduation
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Charges have been dropped against three people who cheered out of turn at a recent high school graduation in Mississippi, a court official said on Tuesday.
Elderly couple dies in murder-suicide at Texas hospital
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A husband and wife, both in their 80s, died on Tuesday in a murder-suicide that took place in a central Texas hospital room where the woman was being treated for a serious illness, officials said.
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…
