Former S.C. sheriff sentenced to year in prison in public corruption case
(Reuters) – A former South Carolina sheriff who pleaded guilty in a public corruption case involving illegal immigrants was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in federal prison and fined $10,000, a U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Police detain shooting suspect at Washington state school, no injuries
(Reuters) – A suspect in a Washington state high school shooting was apprehended on Monday by school staff with no injuries reported, police and the school district said.
Jury being picked for ex-NBA player Crittenton’s Atlanta murder trial
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of former National Basketball Association player Javaris Crittenton, who has been charged with murder for his suspected role in a 2011 drive-by shooting that killed an Atlanta mother of fo…
Jury in case of missing N.Y. boy starts ninth day of deliberations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of a former deli worker who confessed to killing Etan Patz in 1979 began a ninth day of deliberations on Monday with a re-reading of testimony that implicated another, earlier suspect in the case of the missing …
U.S. top court throws out Obamacare contraception ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived religious objections by Catholic groups in Michigan and Tennessee to the Obamacare requirement for contraception coverage, throwing out a lower court decision favoring President Barack Oba…
Rescuers search for four boaters missing after Alabama storms
(Reuters) – Crews searched on Monday for four people missing after powerful thunderstorms caught them by surprise and capsized their sailboats during a weekend regatta off the Alabama coast, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
Albuquerque police seek martial arts champ over hit-and-run
(Reuters) – Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, want to question mixed martial arts star Jon Jones over his possible involvement in a hit-and-run accident early on Sunday in which a pregnant woman was hurt, authorities said.
Increased human protections offered as H5N2 outbreak spreads
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of farm workers exposed to a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu have been offered antiviral medication as a preventative measure in recent days, U.S. public health officials said.
Truckers to strike four shipping companies at Southern California ports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Truckers who haul freight from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will go on strike against four ground-shipment companies on Monday, a Teamsters union official said, in a move that could revive labor tension at the nation’…
Top U.S. court appears on cusp of declaring right to gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s arguments on Tuesday over same-sex marriage will cap more than two decades of litigation and a transformation in public attitudes.
