New York City says Verizon did not keep FiOS promise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City said Verizon Communications Inc has failed to fulfill its promise to extend its FiOS high-speed Internet, television and phone service across the city by mid-2014.
U.S. top court backs death row inmate over intellectual disability claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court gave a convicted cop killer on Louisiana’s death row a chance to avert execution, ruling on Thursday that the man was eligible for a hearing on whether he is intellectually disabled.
Colorado massacre trial to hear from youngest victim’s mother
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Jurors in the Colorado movie massacre trial will hear the youngest victim’s mother describe discovering that she was pregnant earlier that day and how she took her six-year-old daughter to a Batman film to celebrate, the j…
Hastert defense attorney complains about leaks to judge
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A defense attorney for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert complained to a federal judge on Thursday about leaks to the media, which he said could interfere with his client’s right to a fair trial on money transaction charges.
South Carolina massacre suspect had apparent interest in white supremacy
(Reuters) – His uncle worried he was cooped up in his room too much. The few images of him found easily online suggest he had a fascination with white supremacy. And for his birthday this year, his father bought the young man a pistol, the uncle said.
Ancient ‘Kennewick Man’ skeleton was Native American: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The much-anticipated results of a study of DNA taken from the hand bone of the so-called Kennewick Man, a 8,500-year-old skeleton discovered in Washington state in 1996, suggest the man was most closely related to Native American po…
Husband of NY prison worker tied to escape ‘can’t stand by her’: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The husband of a prison worker charged with helping two convicted killers escape from an upstate New York prison “can’t stand by her” and was “blown away” when she revealed a plot to murder him, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Authorities arrest 243 people in $712 million Medicare fraud
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday that 243 people have been arrested across the country, charged with submitting fake billing for Medicare, a government healthcare program, that totaled $712 million.
Teen shark-bite victim released from hospital in North Carolina
(Reuters) – A 16-year-old who lost his left arm this week in one of two back-to-back shark attacks in North Carolina has been released from the hospital, officials said on Thursday.
U.S. top court upholds Texas refusal to issue Confederate license plate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Texas did not violate free speech rights when it rejected a proposed specialty vehicle license plate displaying the Confederate flag, to some an emblem of Southern pride and to others…
