Somali-American on FBI watch list detained in Somalia: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Washington-area taxi driver who was on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorists” list has been detained and is in the custody of the Somali government, a U.S. government source said on Monday.
Cleveland mayor apologizes for city response to Tamir Rice lawsuit
(Reuters) – Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson apologized on Monday to the family of a 12-year-old boy who city lawyers blamed in part for his own fatal shooting by police responding to a report of an armed person in a park last November.
Video shows fatal Los Angeles police shooting of homeless man
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a homeless skid-row robbery suspect who grabbed at an officer’s gun during a scuffle as they tried to subdue him in a confrontation captured on video, police said on Monday.
Albanian who challenged warrantless surveillance to face U.S. terror trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday set a July trial date for an Albanian man who had been allowed to withdraw his guilty plea to a federal terrorism charge and mounted an unsuccessful challenge to the government’s warrantless wiretapping progr…
Connecticut man found guilty of murdering ‘Law & Order’ actress
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut drug dealer was found guilty on Monday of brutally murdering his former girlfriend in her home nine years ago, just as her acting career had gotten a boost from a role in the popular television drama “Law and Or…
California court rules San Diego sex offender law unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that San Diego County’s “blanket” enforcement of the state’s sex offender residency laws was unconstitutional, a decision that could open the door to wider challenges of the statute.
Judge reduces sentences for Amish in beard-cutting attacks
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Eight members of an Amish sect received reduced prison sentences on Monday, following a federal court ruling in Ohio that they did not commit a hate crime when they cut off the beards and hair of fellow members of their faith.
Sex offender who fled Canada for U.S. arrested on rape charge near Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A convicted sex offender in Canada who fled the country illegally in 2013 has been arrested in Washington state on charges of rape and burglary, law enforcement officials said on Monday.
Accused Boston bomber’s slain older brother to loom over trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect sparred with federal prosecutors on Monday over how early in the trial they may discuss his older brother’s role in the attack, suggesting the defendant’s life may well hang on that que…
Former Atlanta superintendent charged in school cheating case dies
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall, who was deemed too ill from breast cancer to stand trial with a dozen former educators accused in a standardized test cheating scandal, has died, her attorney said on Monday. She w…
