Oregon woman heading home after six months stuck in East Timor
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – An Oregon woman arrested on a drug charge while traveling in East Timor last September and who has maintained her innocence, has been allowed to leave the country after six months of diplomatic negotiations, U.S. Senator Ron …
Guantanamo prisoner wants court to have U.S. Senate torture report
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Saudi man held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who is charged with orchestrating the suicide bombing of the USS Cole asked on Tuesday for a sealed copy of the Senate’s CIA torture report to be provided to a military judge for safekeeping.
Illinois wife-killer cop pleads not guilty in murder-for-hire plot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A former Chicago-area police officer who is serving a 38-year term for the 2004 murder of his third wife, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he tried to hire a hitman to kill the prosecutor who got him convicted.
Cleveland legal response to boy’s shooting disrespectful: mother
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland lawyers offered a disrespectful response to a lawsuit filed for 12-year-old Tamir Rice, fatally shot by police outside a recreation center in November, the boy’s mother said on Tuesday.
All-white jury will hear Boston Marathon bombing trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – An all-white jury that includes a restaurant manager, several retirees and a social worker will hear the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, which gets underway with opening statements on Wednesday.
FAA wants to speed approval process for commercial drones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking ways to speed up the approval process for commercial drone operations, but its efforts have been hindered by its lack of authority to review multiple applications on a group basis, t…
Supreme Court set to hear second major Obamacare challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh a second major case targeting President Barack Obama’s healthcare law on Wednesday when it considers a conservative challenge to tax subsidies critical to the measure’s implementation.
Mentally ill British man near plea deal in U.S. terror case: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A mentally ill Briton is near a plea deal to resolve U.S. terrorism charges that he conspired with radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to set up a jihadist training camp in Oregon in 1999, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Former Rhode Island speaker pleads guilty to corruption charges
(Reuters) – The former speaker of Rhode Island’s statehouse pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges relating to alleged corruption, admitting he used campaign funds to buy baubles at Tiffany and accepted more than $50,000 in bribes, according to o…
Federal agents raid 20 suspected ‘maternity hotels’ in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal agents raided about 20 Southern California locations on Tuesday suspected of involvement in “maternity tourism” schemes offering travel and lodging services to pregnant foreign women seeking to give birth in the United S…
