New York Boy Scouts defy national group with gay adult as camp leader
(Reuters) – The first openly gay adult has been hired as a summer camp leader by the Greater New York Council of Boy Scouts in defiance of the national scouting organization’s ban on gay adults in its ranks, officials said on Thursday
Texas convict sends his mother to the floor in courtroom escape
TEXARKANA, Ark. (Reuters) – A Texas man was the subject of a two-state manhunt after he fled a courtroom by knocking over his mother and making a dash for the door just minutes after being convicted of drug possession, officials said on Thursday.
Florida authorities bust alleged Klan prison guard murder plot
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Three members of the Ku Klux Klan who had worked in Florida’s state prisons were arrested on Thursday in an alleged plot to kill a black inmate upon his release, authorities said.
Robert Durst hearing in New Orleans delayed by witnesses’ no-show
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, will remain jailed in Louisiana after investigators his attorneys wanted to question did not appear at a court hearing on Thursday.
Wal-Mart support of gay rights turns on business
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc has emerged as an unlikely voice for gay rights after the Arkansas governor heeded his call on Wednesday to reject a much-criticized bill.
One killed, three injured in Dallas-area construction accident
DALLAS (Reuters) – One worker was killed and three others critically injured on Thursday when a steel frame collapsed during construction of an athletic center at a Dallas-area high school, school officials said.
Boston bombing prosecutors ask judge to explain conspiracy to jury
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to instruct the jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial that defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev need not have known all the details of the plot to be guilty.
U.S. DOJ announces settlement with online course provider edX
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced a settlement with online course provider edX Inc over allegations its platform was not accessible to would-be students who were blind, deaf or had other physical disabilities.
One killed, 11 injured in Los Angeles hotel blaze: officials
(Reuters) – One man died in a fire at a small Los Angeles hotel on Thursday and 11 other people, including one child, were injured, the city’s fire department said.
Univ. of Maryland says ‘hateful’ email didn’t break school policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The University of Maryland’s president is calling a sexist and racist email by a member of a campus fraternity reprehensible but says it did not violate school policy and is protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment ri…
