U.S. lawmakers eyeing stronger protections for pregnant workers
(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to boost protections for pregnant workers in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that revived discrimination claims by a former United Parcel Service Inc dri…
Barnard joins other women’s colleges in admitting transgender women
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barnard College said on Thursday that it would begin accepting transgender women for the first time, joining a growing number of women’s schools that have put similar policies in place this year.
Two North Carolina men pardoned in girl’s 1983 murder
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory granted pardons on Thursday to two brothers who served more than 30 years in prison each for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl before they were declared innocent of the crime …
A-Rod cousin sentenced in Florida to 7 months in jail for doping
MIAMI (Reuters) – A cousin of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was sentenced to seven months in jail on Thursday for conspiring to distribute performance-enhancing drugs after prosecutors said he played a key role in tying the man known as “A-Rod” …
Killer in Pamela Smart case released from Maine prison
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) – The man who killed Pamela Smart’s husband in a notorious New Hampshire case involving a love triangle that ended in a 1991 murder was released on parole from a Maine prison on Thursday after serving nearly 25 years, authorit…
Police probe possible serial shooter link in Colorado death
(Reuters) – Authorities are investigating whether a serial shooter may be responsible for the death of a Colorado man gunned down in the same region where a bicyclist and a motorist previously were targeted by gunfire, police said on Thursday.
New California measure proposed on public worker pension reform
(Reuters) – A new statewide ballot measure campaign aimed at reforming public worker pensions was filed in California on Thursday, led by former Democratic San Jose mayor and longtime pension reform advocate Chuck Reed.
Texas-born al Qaeda suspect pleads not guilty in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen accused of traveling to Pakistan to train with al Qaeda pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in federal court in New York on Thursday.
Ohio wife murderer’s remains removed from victim’s grave site
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The cremated remains of an Ohio man buried earlier this year at the same grave site as the wife he was convicted of murdering were removed from a city-owned cemetery on Thursday, a city official said.
Abacus bank acquitted of all charges in N.Y. mortgage fraud trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Abacus Federal Savings Bank, which caters to the Chinese-American community in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, was found not guilty on Thursday of all charges related to the sale of allegedly fraudulent mortgages to Fannie M…
