New York chokehold prosecutor eyes run for Grimm’s seat in Congress
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City prosecutor at the heart of the controversy over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white policeman in the chokehold death of a black man said on Tuesday that he may run for the congressional seat being vacate…
Pom Wonderful wins trademark ruling over rival pomegranate drink
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court said on Tuesday the pomegranate juice maker Pom Wonderful LLC may try to stop a rival from selling a pomegranate-flavored energy drink labeled “pŏm,” in a reversal of a lower court ruling in the trademark lawsuit.
Harvard Law to overhaul sexual harassment policy after U.S. violations
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard Law School has agreed to overhaul the way it handles sexual harassment complaints among its students after a long-running federal investigation found it was violating U.S. law, officials said on Tuesday.
Police say officer in Berkeley, Missouri, shooting acted in self-defense
(Reuters) – An 18-year-old man fatally shot by police in Berkeley, Missouri, last week was pointing a gun at an officer, according to a police investigation of the incident.
Judge accepts former South Carolina sheriff’s guilty plea for bribery
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A former South Carolina county sheriff pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants in a deal that federal prosecutors said could land him in prison after a judge rejected a similar deal that had cal…
Temps plunge U.S. into deep freeze, with snow for Las Vegas
CHICAGO (Reuters) – As colder-than-average temperatures locked large swaths of the United States into a deep freeze Tuesday, snow was likely in an unlikely place – Las Vegas.
Former U.S. President Bush, 90, released from Houston hospital: spokesman
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 90, was released from a Houston hospital on Tuesday after a weeklong stay brought on by breathing difficulties, his spokesman said.
Texas woman pleads guilty in revenge murder of prosecutors
DALLAS (Reuters) – The wife of a man who killed a prosecutor’s wife in a revenge plot pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three counts of capital murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Lawyer says U.S. offered prisoner swap for ex-Marine held in Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – A lawyer for an Iranian-American former U.S. Marine jailed in Tehran was reported on Tuesday as saying the United States had sought his release through a prisoner swap, but officials in Washington denied any proposed exchange.
Gun deaths for U.S. officers rose by 56 percent in 2014: report
(Reuters) – Gun related deaths of U.S. law enforcement officers rose by 56 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year, with about one-third of officers killed in an ambush, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund said on Tuesday.
