Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents
(Reuters) – An Ohio bartender suspected of wanting to poison U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has been charged with threatening to murder the Republican politician, court documents showed on Tuesday.
Tsarnaev lawyers ask for delay in Boston jury selection due to Paris attacks
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Boston to postpone jury selection for Tsarnaev’s trial on charges of killing three and wounding more than 260 people in the bombing at…
Parking ticket slowdown by NY police is less than some estimates
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s police parking ticket slowdown has not cost the city nearly as much as some estimated, perhaps as much as 90 percent less, according to new calculations by the office of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Kentucky divorce a step toward same-sex marriage right: advocates
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Same-sex couples still unable to wed in Kentucky have seen at least one step toward marital rights in the state after a judge granted a couple married somewhere else a divorce, gay rights advocates said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma plans for first execution since troubled lethal injection
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma this week plans to conduct its first execution since a faulty lethal injection last April led to U.N. criticism and prompted President Barack Obama to seek a re-examination of how capital punishment is implemented in …
U.S. Marine general sees competition for next amphibious ship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Marine Corps will insist on competition for the next U.S. amphibious warship despite a decision last year to base the ship on the LPD-17 ship designed by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc, Major General Robert Walsh said…
NYC to end solitary for Rikers inmates age 21 or younger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Board of Correction on Tuesday voted to ban solitary confinement for inmates age 21 or younger at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex, city officials said.
Convicted killer Jodi Arias struggled to admit murder, transcript says
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Convicted murderer Jodi Arias told a jury deciding whether she should be executed for killing her former lover that she struggled for two years to admit to herself that she did the crime, according to secret testimony released on Tu…
Pennsylvania lawsuit challenges capital city’s gun rules
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Two Pennsylvania residents on Tuesday sued the state’s capital city seeking to force it to repeal five gun-control ordinances, under a new state law intended to stop local governments from adopting tighter rules than are in …
Judge weighs dispute over Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible, Nobel medal
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An Atlanta judge on Tuesday began weighing a dispute among the children of the late Martin Luther King Jr. over ownership of his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Bible he carried during the civil rights movement.
