Indiana to clarify ‘religious freedom’ law, Georgia, N.C. bills stall
(Reuters) – Indiana Republicans pledged on Monday to clarify a new “religious freedom” law, while similar proposals stalled in Georgia and North Carolina after businesses and activists said such measures could be used to discriminate against gays.
U.S. Justice Department sues Oklahoma university over transgender professor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Monday against Southeastern Oklahoma State University, alleging the school discriminated against a transgender assistant professor.
Exclusive: Pentagon chief sends military wish lists to Congress with reservations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday sent Congress the military’s annual “wish lists,” including 12 Boeing Co F/A-18 fighter jets and 14 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets, but said he would not back any of the request…
California’s death row faces no-vacancy situation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s death row, the largest in the nation with newly condemned inmates added to the system every month but no one executed in almost a decade, has filled virtually to capacity as the state seeks money to build more cells…
Journalists sue St. Louis County police for abuse in Ferguson protests
(Reuters) – Four journalists arrested while covering racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last year filed a lawsuit Monday claiming they were battered and falsely arrested by police trying to hinder their ability to cover the protests.
One dead, two hurt as vehicle tries to ram U.S. spy agency gates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two people tried to run their vehicle through the National Security Agency’s gates near Washington on Monday before guards at the spy agency fatally shot one of them, said officials, who added there was no evidence of a link to t…
Prosecutors in Colorado theater massacre case oppose moving trial
DENVER (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the Colorado cinema massacre case oppose a request by lawyers defending gunman James Holmes to move his trial out of the county where he fatally shot 12 moviegoers in 2012, a court filing showed on Monday.
Texas mother arrested for leaving daughter in dumpster overnight
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas mother was arrested for leaving her 7-year-old daughter in a dumpster overnight after saying that she drank vodka but remembered little else about the evening, police said on Monday.
Former U.S. agents charged for bitcoin theft during Silk Road probe
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department announced charges on Monday against two former federal agents accused of stealing the digital currency bitcoin during the investigation of the underground drug marketplace Silk Road.
Virginia college’s rugby team suspended over derogatory chant
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The men’s rugby club at a Virginia state university has been suspended indefinitely because of what the college president described as a chant by several members with “sexually explicit, derogatory and violent language.”
