Pennsylvania agrees to keep mentally ill inmates out of solitary
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to keep mentally ill inmates from being locked in solitary confinement and to improve their care, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh diplomat must face domestic worker’s U.S. lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a request by a Bangladesh diplomat and his wife to dismiss a lawsuit by a former domestic worker who accused them of forcing him to work without pay in slavery-like conditions.
Blast near Colorado Springs NAACP chapter: police
DENVER (Reuters) – Authorities on Tuesday investigated an explosion near a building housing a chapter of the NAACP civil rights group in Colorado Springs.
Florida man accused of toting baby to home burglary
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida man is accused of bringing his 5-month-old son to a home burglary attempt, during which he set the baby down so that he could pull a knife on the homeowner, police said on Tuesday.
Virginia ex-governor gets two years in prison for corruption
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge sentenced former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell’s to two years in prison and two years of probation on Tuesday for a corruption conviction.
Florida Gov. Scott promises jobs, infrastructure
TALLAHASSEE, Fl (Reuters) – Florida governor Rick Scott began his second term Tuesday with a promise to expand the state’s ports and highway systems, cut $1 billion in taxes and improve education, in an aggressive campaign he said was aimed at overtaki…
Republicans push Keystone bill, White House threatens veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican senators kicked off the new U.S. Congress with legislation to approve the hotly disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline, but the White House promptly threatened a veto.
NY Governor Mario Cuomo remembered as a humble family man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo was memorialized on Tuesday, at a ceremony that drew political luminaries from around the United States, as a humble man of simple tastes who adored his family.
Coyote attacks residents in Massachusetts town: police
BOSTON (Reuters) – A coyote attacked at least two people outside their homes in a northern Massachusetts town on Monday night, sending one man to hospital with bite wounds, according to local police.
U.S. judge blocks Arizona sheriff from workplace immigrant raids
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge has issued a court order barring Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from conducting workplace raids targeting suspected illegal immigrants in another blow to Arpaio’s high-profile actions in Arizona.
