In Baltimore, U.S. attorney general pledges to help police reform
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – New U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday met with Baltimore officials and the family of a 25-year-old black man who died of injuries sustained in police custody last month and vowed to help the city pursue police reform….
Colorado movie massacre gunman booby-trapped home with bombs, trial hears
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes’ apartment was rigged with improvised explosive devices, jars of napalm and fire-accelerating chemical powder sprinkled on the floor, an FBI expert told jurors at his trial on Tue…
N.Y. jury, after citing deadlock, retires with no verdict in Etan Patz case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York jury retired for the day without reaching a verdict on Tuesday after telling the judge it was deadlocked in the murder trial of a man accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz.
Chicago asks school teachers to take 7 percent pay cut: union
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three years after a public school strike, Chicago teacher contract talks are off to a rocky start, with the debt-burdened district demanding a 7 percent pay cut, union officials said on Tuesday.
Texas Senate passes measure to cut insurance payments for abortions
DALLAS (Reuters) – Health insurers would be prevented from covering the cost of abortions except in medical emergencies under a bill approved on Tuesday by the Republican-dominated Texas Senate.
California asks court to block prisoner’s sex-reassignment surgery
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California officials have asked an appeals court to block a judge’s order requiring the state to pay for the sex-reassignment surgery of a prisoner, arguing in court papers that the inmate has no medical need for the operation.
Georgia sheriff refuses to talk to police about shooting death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia sheriff being investigated for injuring a woman in a shooting called it a “tragic and heartbreaking accident” on Tuesday, but he has continued to refuse to talk to police about what happened, authorities said.
Elder Boston bomber was cruel, dominating, witnesses testify
BOSTON (Reuters) – The older of the two brothers in the Boston Marathon bombing was a controlling boyfriend who terrified his future wife’s friends but held great influence in his family, witnesses testified as lawyers fought to save the younger brothe…
Thousands of Seattle teachers to hold one-day walkout over pay, class sizes
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Thousands of Seattle teachers have voted to walk out of class later this month, joining educators in nearly 30 districts across Washington state staging rolling one-day strikes for better pay and smaller class sizes, the union said …
Obama nominates new top U.S. military officers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Marine General Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, praising him as a leader who helped shape the changing role of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
