Missouri looks at possible Ferguson-style bias in other courts
(Reuters) – The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday widened an investigation into the practices of city courts around the state following its takeover of the Ferguson municipal courts in the days after a U.S. Justice Department report found widespread a…
Nevada brothel offers to host Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement party
(Reuters) – A brothel in Nevada has offered to host U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid’s retirement party to thank him for efforts during his more than three decades in the U.S. Congress it says have “positively affected” the lives of legal sex w…
Men accused of plotting to set off bombs during Ferguson protests
(Reuters) – Two St. Louis men have been indicted on federal explosives charges in connection with a plot to set off bombs during the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, authorities said on Thursday.
New York Boy Scouts defy national group with gay adult as camp leader
(Reuters) – The first openly gay adult has been hired as a summer camp leader by the Greater New York Council of Boy Scouts in defiance of the national scouting organization’s ban on gay adults in its ranks, officials said on Thursday
Texas convict sends his mother to the floor in courtroom escape
TEXARKANA, Ark. (Reuters) – A Texas man was the subject of a two-state manhunt after he fled a courtroom by knocking over his mother and making a dash for the door just minutes after being convicted of drug possession, officials said on Thursday.
Florida authorities bust alleged Klan prison guard murder plot
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Three members of the Ku Klux Klan who had worked in Florida’s state prisons were arrested on Thursday in an alleged plot to kill a black inmate upon his release, authorities said.
Robert Durst hearing in New Orleans delayed by witnesses’ no-show
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, will remain jailed in Louisiana after investigators his attorneys wanted to question did not appear at a court hearing on Thursday.
Wal-Mart support of gay rights turns on business
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc has emerged as an unlikely voice for gay rights after the Arkansas governor heeded his call on Wednesday to reject a much-criticized bill.
One killed, three injured in Dallas-area construction accident
DALLAS (Reuters) – One worker was killed and three others critically injured on Thursday when a steel frame collapsed during construction of an athletic center at a Dallas-area high school, school officials said.
Boston bombing prosecutors ask judge to explain conspiracy to jury
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to instruct the jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial that defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev need not have known all the details of the plot to be guilty.
