Trial begins for three Florida band members in hazing death of drum major
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Three former members of the Florida A&M University marching band members went on trial on Tuesday for manslaughter and felony hazing in the 2011 death of a drum major.
U.S. top court curbs police drug-sniffing dogs in routine traffic stops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday placed a new limit on when police can use drug-sniffing dogs, ruling the dogs cannot be employed after a routine traffic stop has been completed if there is no reasonable suspicion about the pres…
Alabama woman joins Islamic State in Syria: media
(Reuters) – A 20-year-old woman from a Birmingham, Alabama suburb has left the United States to join the Islamic State militant group in Syria, local broadcaster WIAT reported on Monday.
U.S. couple found guilty of ‘sadistic’ Bali suitcase murder
DENPASAR (Reuters) – An Indonesian court found a young U.S. couple guilty on Tuesday of murdering the woman’s mother and stuffing her battered body into a suitcase on the resort island of Bali.
Amnesty International condemns U.S. failure to act on torture report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amnesty International on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama’s administration of granting “de facto amnesty” to people involved in a CIA program that detained and tortured militants captured after the Sept. 11 attacks on the U…
U.S. Catholic bishop in child pornography case resigns
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City, who remained in office for three years after he was convicted in 2012 of shielding a priest who took pornographic pictures of girls, has resigned, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
U.S. cracks down on female teachers who sexually abuse students
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A “Saturday Night Live” skit about a male student having sex with his female high school teacher painted the relationship as every teen boy’s dream, but drew a firestorm of criticism on social media.
Prosecutor ties Connecticut reputed mobster to Boston art heist
(This version of the April 20 story, corrects spelling of museum name to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in second paragraph)
Struggling to remember the name of Jeb Bush’s super PAC? Here’s why
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It’s hard to remember whether Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush’s super PAC is called America Rising or Right to Rise. The independent political group will likely raise hundreds of millions of dollars to back the former Flor…
Americans say cellphone cameras not changing police conduct
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans are evenly divided on whether the widespread use of smartphone cameras will improve police behavior and think it has done little to change police conduct so far, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
