Pennsylvania man guilty in stabbing death of police dog
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man was found guilty on Monday in the killing of a German Shepherd police dog whose death inspired “Rocco’s Law,” strengthening penalties for such crimes, court officials said.
Cincinnati trims parking fines for holiday food donations
(Reuters) – A holiday special for people with outstanding parking tickets launched on Monday in Cincinnati, which is reducing fines in exchange for canned food donations to a local food bank.
Newtown victims’ families sue maker of gun used in 2012 attack
BOSTON (Reuters) – The families of nine people killed in a 2012 massacre at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school sued the maker of the gun used in the attack on Monday, saying the weapon should not have been sold because it had no reasonable civil…
Missing California teen found dead under storm-toppled tree
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 14-year-old boy reported missing last week has been found dead in South Lake Tahoe, apparently killed by a 50-foot tree knocked down during a storm that struck California late last week, police said on Monday.
U.S. court dismisses Colombian human rights claims against Occidental
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday threw out a human rights lawsuit brought against Occidental Petroleum Corp over allegations that it played a role in killings carried out by the Colombian military in 2004.
Los Angeles porn actors must wear condoms, appeals court rules
(Reuters) – A regional U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Monday that pornographic movie actors in Los Angeles must wear condoms during sex scenes, upholding a lower court decision that was challenged by the adult film industry.
Longshore union, shippers see slow progress in U.S. West Coast port talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The union for 20,000 dockworkers and a group of their employers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports say they are making slow but steady progress in months-long contract talks seen by the shipping industry as a contributing factor in chr…
NY judge weighs use of hypnotized witnesses in Etan Patz case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York judge is weighing whether the testimony of witnesses who were hypnotized can be used as evidence against a man who has confessed to killing Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who vanished from a New York City street more than t…
Rare white rhino dies at San Diego zoo, leaving only five on earth
(Reuters) – One of only six northern white rhinoceros left on earth died over the weekend at a San Diego zoo, bringing the species closer to extinction, zoo officials said on Monday.
U.S. seeks to use letters from bin Laden raid at terror trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have asked a federal judge to allow them to use documents seized during the 2011 military raid that killed Osama bin Laden at the January trial of suspected al Qaeda figure Abu Anas al-Liby.
