War court judge orders replacement for overseer of Guantanamo cases
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A military commander overseeing tribunals for al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, exercised “unlawful influence” to speed up trial proceedings and must relinquish his authority over the cases, a military judge ruled o…
U.S. justices raise doubts about Arizona redistricting commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared skeptical of a voter-approved plan that stripped Arizona state lawmakers of their role in drawing congressional districts in an bid to remove partisan politics from the process.
Florida group to sue FBI in death of friend of Boston bombing suspect
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida Islamic group announced on Monday it has filed a formal notice with the FBI that it plans to sue the agency for $30 million in the death of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
New York lifts years-long ban on cellphones in public schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s 1.1 million public school students were allowed for the first time in years to take their cellphones to school on Monday, when a controversial ban on them was lifted.
Witnesses testify against white supremacist charged in Kansas murders
OLATHE, Kan (Reuters) – A Kansas police officer testified on Monday about finding a young boy and his grandfather shot in the head outside a Jewish community center, the first witness of many planned for a hearing in the case of a white supremacist cha…
Department of Justice to criticize Ferguson police in report due soon: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department could release as soon as this week a report criticizing police in Ferguson, Missouri for unfairly targeting black residents with tickets and arrests in the years before an officer killed teenager Micha…
Arizona jury to resume deliberations in Jodi Arias death penalty case
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A jury in Phoenix is due to resume deliberating on Monday whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for murdering her ex-boyfriend in 2008, after a penalty phase retrial ended last week in the closely watched case.
NYC rent-stabilized leases off-limits in bankruptcy: court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that an elderly Manhattan woman’s rent-stabilized lease could not be seized and sold to satisfy her creditors after she filed for bankruptcy, a decision that could affect more than 2 million New Yorkers….
U.S. judge rules Nebraska same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
LINCOLN, Neb. (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday ruled Nebraska’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional in a decision that could allow same-sex couples to marry in the state within a week.
U.S. minors easily buy e-cigarettes online: UNC study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Teenagers in North Carolina who try to buy electronic cigarettes online are likely to succeed even though selling the devices to minors is illegal in the state, researchers reported on Monday.
