Texas court halts Wednesday execution for death row inmate
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted Wednesday’s scheduled execution of Garcia Glen White, 51, who was convicted of murdering teenage twin girls in Houston in 1989.
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice encourages defiance on gay marriage ruling
(Reuters) – In a move viewed skeptically by legal experts, the socially conservative chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court on Tuesday encouraged judges in his state to ignore a federal ruling last week striking down its ban on gay marriage.
University of California on-campus doctors stage rare strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Doctors for student health centers at 10 University of California campuses staged a rare one-day strike on Tuesday, upset that administrators have failed to give their union information the physicians said they needed to negotia…
Florida woman in ‘warning shot’ case released from jail
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida woman who says she fired a warning shot at her abusive husband was released from a Jacksonville jail on Tuesday under a plea deal that capped her sentence to the three years she had already served.
Two former Vanderbilt football players found guilty by Tennessee jury
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Two former Vanderbilt University football players were found guilty on Tuesday in the rape of an unconscious female student.
Chicago-area teenager pleads guilty to stabbing death of sister
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A 15-year-old Chicago-area girl pleaded guilty in juvenile court on Tuesday to the fatal stabbing of her younger sister in a quarrel over household chores, local media reports said.
Georgia mother kills three children in murder-suicide: police
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The bodies of a mother and her three children ranging in age from 9 months to 10 years old were discovered in a suburban Atlanta apartment on Tuesday in what was an apparent murder-suicide carried out by the mother, authorities said…
Man sought in Missouri kidnapping captured in Kentucky
(Reuters) – A man suspected of kidnapping and robbery in a two-state crime spree was captured on Tuesday afternoon in Kentucky, the FBI said.
Defense rests in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trial
(Reuters) – Defense attorneys for convicted killer Jodi Arias have rested their case in the penalty phase of her trial in Phoenix without calling her back to the witness stand, court officials said on Tuesday.
Obama dropping plan to tax college savings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has dropped a controversial proposal to tax “529” college savings plans, a White House official said on Tuesday, calling it a “distraction” from administration efforts to provide middle-class tax relief.
