Boston bomber’s lawyers focus on brother’s obsession with Islam
BOSTON (Reuters) – The older brother of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev changed from a roisterous boxer known for flashy outfits into someone with a bushy beard and drab clothes and obsessed by Islam, following a trip to Russia in 2012, witnes…
Baseball’s Orioles postpone game in riot-scarred Baltimore
(Reuters) – The baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox scheduled for Tuesday night in Baltimore has been postponed team officials said following recent violence that has gripped the city.
Labor leader urges presidential candidates to oppose trade deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leader of the largest federation of U.S. labor unions has called on Hillary Clinton and other presidential hopefuls to oppose an Obama administration trade pact.
Defense makes closing argument in rape trial of former Goldman banker
RIVERHEAD, New York (Reuters) – A New York judge heard the defense’s closing argument on Tuesday in the trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of raping an Irish student on Long Island in the summer of 2013.
Divided Supreme Court wrestles with gay marriage case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on Tuesday on whether to legalize gay marriage across the United States, with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the likely swing vote, asking skeptical questions but saying same-sex couples …
Judge sets ex-NY Assembly Speaker Silver’s corruption trial for Nov. 2
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Embattled former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, accused by prosecutors of taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, will go to trial on Nov. 2 on a sweeping series of corruption charges.
Texas to execute man convicted of stabbing prison guard to death
(Reuters) – Texas on Tuesday is set to execute by lethal injection a man convicted in the 1999 killing of a prison guard who wrote him up for bringing lunch into an area where food was not allowed.
Four drunk driving arrests in 48 hours lands R.I. man in prison
(Reuters) – A Rhode Island man arrested four times in less than 48 hours for drunken driving is going to prison. 
Online traders get new safe zone from possible harm: police stations
SEATTLE (Reuters) – After responding to a Craigslist advertisement for a cheap Toyota, Fred Wallace and his wife took $5,000 cash and drove to meet the seller at nightfall at a gated community in California.
Washington state high school gunman due in court, classes resume
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state high school student who fired a revolver in a stairwell before class in an apparent attempt to provoke an on-campus guard into killing him in return was due in court on Tuesday to face multiple gun charges, police…
