Baltimore asks Justice Department to investigate police practices
(Reuters) – Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asked the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate the city’s police department for civil rights violations after the death of a black man from injuries sustained in police custody.
New York jury to return for 17th day of deliberations in 1979 missing boy murder trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York jury ended its 16th day of deliberations on Wednesday with no verdict in the murder trial of a former deli worker who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old whose disappearance changed the way the Unite…
Texas attack shows evolution of ‘lone wolf’ militants -U.S. officials
WASHINGTON/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. investigators believe two men killed after opening fire on a Texas event that offered a prize for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad represent an evolving model of “lone wolf” militants who are radicalized partly by themselves and partly through long-distance engagement with organized militants.
Washington state prosecutor seeks death for man convicted of killing family
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A prosecutor urged a jury in Washington state on Wednesday to hand down the death penalty against a man convicted of killing three generations of a family in a grisly 2007 murder at a home near Seattle.
Oklahoma passes bill allowing designated school staff to carry guns
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – School districts in Oklahoma would be able to designate an employee to carry handguns on school property under a bill approved on Wednesday by the state Senate and sent to Governor Mary Fallin.
Liaison for California attorney general arrested in probe of fake police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A community liaison for California’s attorney general has been charged with impersonating a police officer for his role in a self-proclaimed police organization that traces its roots back 3,000 years and claims jurisdiction in m…
Life Alert accused of sexual harassment in ex-worker’s lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The maker of Life Alert, known for its television ad slogan “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up,” has been sued by a former sales manager who claims he was fired because of his age and cancer diagnosis, and his complaints about “…
Bill Clinton says tough ’90s crime bill went too far
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Bill Clinton acknowledged on Wednesday that an anti-crime crackdown he pushed in 1994 went too far, and said he now supports his wife Hillary’s plans to reverse some of those justice policies.
Michigan boy held in basement says stepmother led him to hiding spot
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan boy who was found emaciated in his own basement after an 11-day manhunt last year told a court on Wednesday that his stepmother led him to a downstairs hiding spot and urged him to remain quiet while authorities searched …
Ex-FDIC head Sheila Bair named president of Maryland college
(Reuters) – Sheila Bair, an outspoken critic of Wall Street during her time as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, has been named president of a liberal arts college near Baltimore.
