Jury of 19 women, five men picked for Colorado cinema massacre trial
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Lawyers in Colorado’s cinema massacre case picked a jury of 19 women and five men on Tuesday to hear the long-awaited murder trial of gunman James Holmes, which is due to start this month.
Calpers raises pension plan funding in California by 6 percent
(Reuters) – The largest U.S. public pension fund announced on Tuesday that the state of California and its schools will increase funding of employee pension funds by 6 percent starting July 1.
Florida sheriff’s deputy indicted for lying about inmate beating
(Reuters) – A Florida law-enforcement officer has been indicted on federal charges of using excessive force in beating a handcuffed inmate and lying about it, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Florida doctor indicted on Medicare fraud: U.S. Attorney
MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida doctor Salomon Melgen, who has been charged with corruption along with New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, was indicted on Tuesday on Medicare fraud charges, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Miami said.
U.S. military to exhume remains of unidentified victims of Pearl Harbor attack
(Reuters) – The remains of as many as 388 “unknown” U.S. military members who died when the USS Oklahoma was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be exhumed in Hawaii in an effort to identify them, the Department of Defense said on Tues…
Some protesters arrested in New York march against police violence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least a dozen people were arrested on Tuesday when demonstrators angered by fresh cases of U.S. police violence against unarmed black men marched across New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, hoping to invigorate a national discussion on t…
Southern California to cut water wholesale deliveries by 15 percent
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Southern California’s water wholesaler voted on Tuesday to cut its deliveries to cities and communities by 15 percent as the state clamps down on water usage amid a devastating four-year drought.
Denver TSA agents targeted ‘attractive’ passengers for pat-downs: authorities
(Reuters) – The Transportation Security Administration has fired two screeners at Denver’s international airport who schemed to conduct pat-down searches on attractive male passengers, officials said on Tuesday.
New York man gets seven-and-a-half years in prison for cyber crime scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man was sentenced to 7-1/2 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in a cyber crime and identity theft scheme that hacked into accounts at banks, brokerages and government agencies in a bid to steal more than $15 million…
U.S. airliners could be vulnerable to in-flight hacking: GAO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. commercial airliners could be hacked in flight by passengers using a plane’s wireless entertainment system to access its flight controls, a federal watchdog agency warned on Tuesday.
