Texas Bar seeks punishment for prosecutor in death penalty conviction
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The State Bar of Texas has sought punishment for the prosecutor in a 1992 trial who is suspected of withholding evidence that could have cleared a man convicted of setting a fire that killed his three daughters and was later e…
Maryland dump truck drive charged with attacking police ruled not competent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland dump truck driver who allegedly attacked two police officers with his vehicle has been ruled not competent to stand trial, police said on Thursday.
Judge OKs settlements for 78 World Trade Center cleanup workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday approved settlements for 78 cleanup workers who claimed to have suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses while working in buildings near the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2011 at…
Jury starts deliberating in sweeping Atlanta test cheating case
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Jurors who have heard nearly six months of testimony began deliberating on Thursday to decide if a dozen former Atlanta public school educators are guilty of conspiring to change standardized test scores to secure promotions and cas…
Former Illinois state lawmaker sentenced to 8 years for child porn
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Illinois state lawmaker to eight years in prison for sending child pornography through office computers, rejecting a request that the critically ill man be allowed to die at home.
Pentagon official who sought to move judges to Guantanamo quits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pentagon official who sought to move military judges to Guantanamo Bay to speed up slow-moving trials of al Qaeda suspects is resigning, the Defense Department has said.
Underground blasts in Indianapolis blow out manhole covers: report
(Reuters) – Manhole covers popped into the air and smoke billowed after a series of underground explosions in Indianapolis on Thursday morning, Indiana’s WHTR television reported.
Texas sues to block family medical leave for same-sex married couples
(Reuters) – The state of Texas sued the U.S. Labor Department over a rule that would grant family medical leave protections to all married same-sex couples, saying it violates the rights of states that don’t recognize gay marriage.
One killed, five wounded in shooting spree in Phoenix suburb
MESA, Ariz. (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside a motel room in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa on Wednesday, killing a man and wounding two women before shooting three more people as he sought to elude an exhaustive manhunt that ended in his capture, p…
Lawsuit targets U.S. program on suspicious behavior at airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A civil liberties group on Thursday sued the U.S. government for information about a program that screens airport passengers using behavior detection techniques that it says is a vehicle for racial and religious profiling.
