Kleiner partner Mary Meeker says firm didn’t discriminate
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Legendary tech analyst Mary Meeker testified she had never encountered discrimination against women as a senior partner at venture firm Kleiner, Perkins Caufield and Byers, as a trial that sparked a wide discussion about gende…
Suspect in Ferguson, Missouri shooting of police appears in court
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – The man accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters last week appeared in court briefly on Monday and did not enter a plea to charges that could bring up to life…
Bathroom confession critical in Durst case – legal experts
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – New York real estate scion and accused murderer Robert Durst’s bathroom muttering that he “killed them all” would likely be admissible evidence in a murder trial, legal experts said on Monday.
U.S. Ebola patient now in critical condition: NIH
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An American being treated for Ebola was in critical condition Monday, the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Maryland said.
U.S. counter terrorism official faces new charges of voyeurism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An official in the U.S. State Department’s counter terrorism unit accused of soliciting a minor faces new charges of alleged stalking and voyeurism, Washington police said on Monday.
Witnesses recall accused Boston bomber’s fight with police, arrest
BOSTON (Reuters) – The accused Boston Marathon bombers tossed bombs and fired a pistol at police in their final hours on the run before a dazed and wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a drydocked boat and arrested, witnesses testified on Mond…
Rookie Los Angeles police officer sought in fatal bar shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A rookie Los Angeles police officer was being sought on suspicion of murder on Monday in the fatal Southern California shooting of another man in a bar district, and authorities warned that he was considered armed and dangerous….
Obama: care more about jobs, war and peace – less about weed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has a stern message for the younger generation about their political priorities: care more about climate change, and less about legalizing marijuana.
Ex-girlfriend of NASCAR’s Busch ‘stunned’ no charges filed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former girlfriend of Kurt Busch said on Monday she was “stunned” that prosecutors declined to file criminal domestic abuse charges against the NASCAR driver after a commissioner ruled earlier she had likely been choked and ha…
New York goes high-tech to detect gunfire amid rise in shootings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police are employing a high-tech system to pinpoint gunfire amid an uptick in shootings in the nation’s largest city, officials said on Monday.
