FEMA settles first wave of NY, NJ Sandy insurance litigation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal disaster relief officials have settled with a first swath of Hurricane Sandy victims who were denied insurance claims or underpaid for property damage caused by the historic 2012 storm, attorneys said on Tuesday.
NYPD interrogation procedures questioned in case of 1979 murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A prosecutor testifying at the trial of a man accused of the 1979 murder of a New York City boy on Tuesday defended a decision not to tape hours of police questioning of the suspect, saying it was common practice at the time not to…
Fugitive ex-NSA contractor Snowden seeks to come home: lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of the government’s mass surveillance programs was working with American and German lawyers to return home.
Judge orders white supremacist to stand trial in Kansas killings
OLATHE, Kan. (Reuters) – A Kansas judge on Tuesday ordered a Missouri white supremacist to stand trial on capital murder charges in the shooting deaths of three people outside two Jewish centers in a Kansas City suburb last April.
‘Free-range’ parents in Maryland found responsible for neglect
(Reuters) – A Maryland couple who drew national attention for being “free-range” parents after police found their children walking home alone have been found responsible for child neglect, a state child protective services spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Computerized school testing off to a rocky start in Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – Newly computerized state tests were suspended on Tuesday in some of Florida’s largest public school districts after students across the state struggled with faulty software.
U.S. Supreme Court checks in on hotel records privacy case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared unsure over how to resolve a privacy rights challenge by hotel operators to a Los Angeles city ordinance, intended to deter crimes including prostitution, that lets police view gues…
Killers sought in deaths of 300,000 chickens in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Revenge may be the motive for the killings in South Carolina of more than 300,000 commercial chickens worth about $1.7 million over the past two weeks, authorities said on Monday.
Georgia postpones executions over lethal injection drug
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Two executions in Georgia were indefinitely postponed on Tuesday to give the state time to analyze its lethal injection drug after corrections officials said a batch “appeared cloudy” hours before one of the death sentences was due …
District of Columbia puts limits on newly legalized marijuana
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The District of Columbia city council voted on Tuesday to limit newly legal marijuana use, banning smoking in bars and clubs and restricting it to private homes.
