New judge to hear Ferguson court cases after federal probe
(Reuters) – A Missouri state appeals court judge will take over all current and future cases assigned to Ferguson’s municipal courts following a scathing U.S. Justice Department report that found systemic abuses, the Missouri Supreme Court said on Mond…
Montana killer bride in cliff case appeals, cites blindfold claim
(Reuters) – A Montana bride appealing a murder conviction for pushing her new husband off a cliff said on Monday her life sentence should be overturned partly because prosecutors claimed she blindfolded her mate before he plunged to his death but faile…
Border Patrol supervisor in California charged over bathroom camera
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor has been charged with video voyeurism in connection with a camera he is accused of concealing in a women’s restroom at the San Diego-area border station where he worked, his attorney said on Monday.
New judge to hear Ferguson court cases after federal probe
(Reuters) – A Missouri state appeals court judge will take over all current and future cases assigned to Ferguson’s municipal courts following a scathing U.S. Justice Department report that found systemic abuses, the Missouri Supreme Court said on Mond…
Dallas police seek four suspects in fatal ‘first snow’ shooting
DALLAS (Reuters) – Dallas police are searching for four people suspected of fatally shooting a 36-year-old Iraqi immigrant who was hit in a volley of gunfire last week when he was outside getting his first sight of snow, officials said on Monday.
New video shows Washington state landslide’s aftermath
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A rain-soaked hillside that collapsed in Washington state last March, killing 43 people, was so saturated it continued to slough huge pieces of mud more than 10 minutes after it gave way, a newly released video showed on Monday.
U.S. to investigate livestock research center over animal abuse reports
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Office of the Inspector General has assembled an audit team and plans to begin field work this month in an inquiry of the government’s key livestock study center amid media reports of animal welfare…
NFL’s tax-exempt status is again under fire in Congress
WASHINGTON xx (Reuters) – Congressman Jason Chaffetz insists his bid to overturn the NFL’s decades-old tax-exempt status has nothing to do with political posturing or electioneering.
Amtrak train, truck collide in North Carolina, causing minor injuries
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – An Amtrak passenger train derailed after crashing into a tractor trailer truck in North Carolina on Monday, sending some 40 passengers to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, state officials said.
Wisconsin family, protesters seek justice for teen shot by police
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – Close to 2,000 students marched in Wisconsin’s capital on Monday to protest the fatal police shooting of an unarmed biracial teenager, while his family demanded justice and the police chief apologized.
