Texas court halts man’s execution after petition challenges trial evidence
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas court on Monday halted next week’s scheduled execution of convicted murderer Rodney Reed after his backers petitioned a state court for a stay, saying he was wrongly convicted due to faulty evidence and unreliabl…
High cost, slow pace of Guantanamo proceedings become issue at hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – The years-long pace of bringing al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo Bay to trial emerged as a key issue in a hearing on Monday for the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing as his lawyers warned that speeding up tribunal pr…
Arkansas enacts law that opponents say targets gays
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas bill that prohibits cities and local governments from establishing anti-discrimination codes that differ from state law was enacted on Monday, with opponents saying the measure is aimed at blocking moves to pro…
Mexican farmworker’s rights violated in Washington state shooting, lawyer says
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A lawyer for the family of a Mexican farmworker fatally shot by police in Washington state after he threw rocks at them and tried to flee said on Monday the man’s constitutional rights had been violated in the incident.
Rent walkouts point to strains in U.S. farm economy
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Across the U.S. Midwest, the plunge in grain prices to near four-year lows is pitting landowners determined to sustain rental incomes against farmer tenants worried about making rent payments because their revenues are squeezed.
California reports four more measles cases in Disneyland outbreak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California public health officials on Monday reported four new cases of measles, bringing the total number people infected in the state so far to 123, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December.
Preliminary report released on deadly New York train, SUV crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal investigators on Monday made public a preliminary report that confirmed much of what was already known about a deadly collision between a commuter train and an SUV at a suburban New York rail crossing this month.
Two men sentenced to 25 years in plot to attack Americans in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two men convicted of seeking to join al Qaeda and training to carry out attacks on Americans in Afghanistan were sentenced on Monday to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Convicted killer Jodi Arias decides not to address jury
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Convicted killer Jodi Arias turned down her last chance to plead her case directly to a jury on Monday in the sentencing phase retrial for murdering her former boyfriend in 2008.
Shell’s Washington rail project faces lengthy delay
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell’s proposed crude-by-rail project in Washington state has been put on hold pending environmental review, just days after a pair of oil train derailments caused huge fires in Canada and West Virginia.
