Interrogations advisor urges Bush-era torture probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a body that advises U.S. terrorism interrogators on ethics on Thursday called for a special prosecutor to probe how the abuse of captured militants during the Bush administration’s “war on terror” was allowed to happe…
Police findings on Baltimore man’s death handed to prosecutors
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore police report on the death of a black man who suffered spinal injuries while in custody was handed over on Thursday to the city’s chief prosecutor, who must decide whether to bring charges against six officers involved…
California ACLU group launches app to record possible police misconduct
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California civil liberties group launched a mobile application on Thursday that will let bystanders record cell phone videos of possible cases of police misconduct and then quickly save the footage to the organization’s comput…
Jury to return for 13th day of deliberations in New York child murder trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the New York murder trial of a man who confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz decades ago ended their 12th day of deliberations on Thursday without a verdict.
Connecticut boy charged after gun goes off at school
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – An 11-year-old Connecticut boy was arrested on Thursday after he brought a loaded gun to school and it discharged in a boys’ bathroom close to where students were attending an after-school program, police said.
Bodies of two more Alabama boaters recovered; probe underway
(Reuters) – Authorities on Thursday recovered the bodies of two more boaters who went missing after storms capsized sailboats during a weekend regatta off the Alabama coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said, with a probe into the disaster’s circumstances unde…
Kayaker charged with murder of fiance missing in New York’s Hudson River
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman who called police to report her fiance vanished after his kayak capsized on the Hudson River outside New York City last week was charged with his murder, New York State Police said on Thursday.
Family files $20 million claim against Los Angeles in police shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Family members of a homeless man from Cameroon who was fatally shot by police during a videotaped encounter in the Skid Row section of Los Angeles has filed a $20 million wrongful death claim against the city, their attorneys sa…
Oklahoma allows for use of marijuana derivative in medical trial
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Thursday signed into law a measure that allows for the use of a non-intoxicating derivative of marijuana in a medical pilot program to treat children who suffer from epileptic seizures.
Colorado police officer says movie theater gunman was ‘very calm’
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The police officer who arrested Colorado movie theater massacre gunman James Holmes told jurors on Thursday the shooter seemed very calm, relaxed and “sort of disconnected” when he found him standing behind the cinema wher…
